By Paul Scott Anderson, on February 20th, 2017
Spectacular view of Jupiter’s south pole from Juno, taken on Feb. 2, 2017 at 6:06 a.m. PT (9:06 a.m. ET), from an altitude of about 62,800 miles (101,000 kilometers) above the cloud tops (enhanced color version). Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/John Landino
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has been orbiting the gas giant planet Jupiter since July […]
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By Paul Scott Anderson, on October 26th, 2016
Artist’s conception of Juno orbiting Jupiter. Image Credit: NASA
As reported a few days ago, the Juno spacecraft orbiting Jupiter had entered safe mode, a precautionary turning off of all but vital instruments and other components when a software performance monitor induced a reboot of the spacecraft’s onboard computer. Now, Juno has successfully […]
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By Paul Scott Anderson, on October 21st, 2016
Artist’s conception of Juno orbiting Jupiter. Image Credit: NASA
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has been busy orbiting Jupiter and providing fantastic new views of this giant world, something not possible since the previous Galileo mission. While almost flawless so far, the mission has had a few hiccups recently. Juno entered safe mode just shortly […]
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By Mike Killian, on February 19th, 2015 All four of NASA’s MMS spacecraft in the clean room at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., completed and stacked for launch atop a ULA Atlas-V rocket as early as March 12, 2015. Photo Credit: Alan Walters / AmericaSpace
In a few weeks four identically-instrumented NASA spacecraft will launch on the space agency’s […]
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By Mike Killian, on September 5th, 2013
NASA has selected four landing sites for the upcoming InSight mission to the Red Planet. Image Credit: NASA
In late November, NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft is expected to thunder away from Earth on a one-way trip to study the thin atmosphere of Mars, but the next mission to land on the Red Planet’s […]
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By Jason Rhian, on August 30th, 2013 [youtube_video]http://youtu.be/xNJ8LSsRmn8[/youtube_video]
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — United Launch Alliance’s ULA Mariner, a ship owned by Foss Marine, delivered the Atlas V 401 rocket which will be used to power NASA’s Mars Atmosphere Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission on its way to Mars. Launch is currently scheduled to […]
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By NASA, on August 30th, 2013 Image Credit: NASA / GSFC
Data from a NASA airborne science mission reveals evidence of a large and previously unknown canyon hidden under a mile of Greenland ice.
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By Jason Rhian, on August 26th, 2013 The ULA Mariner, operated by Foss Marine, safely delivered the first stage and Centaur upper stage, which will be used to begin NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft, on the road to Mars. Photo Credit: Jeffrey J. Soullere / AmericaSpace
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — United Launch Alliance (ULA) and NASA greeted […]
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By David Darling, on August 4th, 2013 NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft has arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for a November launch to the Red Planet. Image Credit: NASA / Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA’s next spacecraft bound for Mars—the $450 million MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) mission—completed its final Earth-bound journey yesterday, Friday, Aug. 2 at […]
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By Emily Carney, on July 16th, 2013 This composite image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows the location of Neptune’s newest known moon, S/2004 N 1, which was discovered by Mark Showalter of the SETI Institute. The black and white portion and the color inset were both taken in 2009. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and M. Showalter (SETI Institute).
NASA’s […]
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