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in News, NASA, Air Force, Mars, JPL, Atlas V, ULA, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Launch, InSight, InSightInSight Mars Lander Arrives at Vandenberg for First Planetary Launch from West Coast in May
NASA’s next Mars mission is another step closer to taking flight – the InSight spacecraft has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base in central California, ahead of a launch this coming May. The InSight lander will measure the “pulse” of Mars, probing the deep interior to providing more clues as to how the planet originated and […] More
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in News, NASA, Mars, Mars Exploration RoversIncredible Journey: Opportunity Rover Reaches 5,000-Sol Milestone on Mars
NASA’s Opportunity rover has just crossed another amazing threshold – passing the 5,000-sol mark on Mars. That is a phenomenal achievement, considering that the plucky little machine was designed for a hopeful lifetime of at least 90 sols (a sol is a Martian day, just slightly longer than an Earth day). To put it another […] More
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‘No More Wheelies’ Software Gives Curiosity Better Traction on Different Rocks
A true marvel of engineering, NASA’s Curiosity Rover has been exploring Gale Crater on Mars now for nearly five years, revealing different eras of the planet’s geological history in the various rocks and terrain it covers while learning to locate environments that can, or did, or could have supported life. The question it set out to […] More
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in News, Space, Science, Space Exploration, Cassini, Saturn, Solar SystemGrand Finale Part 5: Cassini Completes Tenth Epic Ring Crossing at Saturn
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has just successfully completed its tenth ring crossing at Saturn, on June 23, which brings it almost halfway through the Grand Finale – the last phase of the mission, which will end on Sept. 15, 2017. This leaves twelve more ring crosses to go before the end of the mission. There may […] More
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Grand Final Part 4: Cassini Completes Eighth Ring Crossing, and a ‘Tour of Saturn’s Moons’
As Cassini’s “Grand Finale” journey continues, the spacecraft has completed its eighth dive past the innermost rings of Saturn (known as a ring crossing), and there are now just under 100 days left until it plunges into the giant planet’s atmosphere, never to come back. Although time may be running out, Cassini continues to devour every […] More
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Cassini Completes Last Flyby of Titan and First Dive Between Saturn and Rings in ‘Grand Finale’
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has now officially entered the last phase of its mission – the “Grand Finale,” with the last-ever close flyby of Titan and the first of 22 final orbits which will take the spacecraft closer to Saturn than ever before, passing between the inner rings and the planet itself. Cassini has today just completed […] More
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in NASA, Space, JPL, Oceanography, JASON-3Jason-3 Critical to Understanding Rising Sea Levels: Interview with Project Scientist Josh Willis (Part 2)
“For thousands of years, sea level has remained relatively stable and human communities have settled along the planet’s coastlines. But now Earth’s seas are rising. Globally, sea level has risen about eight inches since the beginning of the 20th century and more than two inches in the last 20 years alone. All signs suggest that this […] More
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in News, NASA, AmericaSpace, ISS, Space, Science, SpaceX, Commercial Spaceflight Federation, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, International Space Station, Space Exploration Technologies, Earth observation, satellite, Earth, Commercial Space, Technology, Solar System, Research, News Release, CubeSatsVirtual Reality Meets Space Tourism: World’s First VR Satellite To Be Launched in 2017
Virtual reality is one of the hottest trends in technology right now, and it might seem natural that it would be used in conjunction with space technology. Now, SpaceVR, a company specializing in virtual space tourism, has signed an agreement to launch the world’s first virtual reality camera satellite into space. The satellite will provide a […] More
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in News, Tech, NASA, AmericaSpace, Space, Science, Space Exploration, press release, astronomy, Technology, Exploration, Exoplanets, asteroids, Jupiter, Saturn, Solar System, Neptune, Research, News Release, Kuiper Belt, Uranus, Pluto, astrophysics, Super EarthsHas ‘Planet X’ Finally Been Found? A Cautionary Tale
For a long time now, there have been theories and rumors regarding the possible existence of another planet in our Solar System, far beyond Neptune or even Pluto, often referred to as “Planet X.” Unfortunately, there has been little hard evidence to back up any claims made. But now, new evidence has been presented by […] More
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in NASA, Science, JPL, SpaceX, USA, satellite, Earth, Vandenberg AFB, European Space Agency, Technology, Launch, CNES, Oceanography, Research, JASON-3Jason-3 Critical to Understanding Rising Sea Levels: Interview with Project Scientist Josh Willis (Part 1)
On January 17, an Earth science spacecraft designed to measure the surface topography of our planet’s ocean is scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Space Complex 4 East. Aboard the craft, a highly accurate radar altimeter capable of measuring the ocean’s surface elevation in any given spot to within 3 centimeters will monitor […] More
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in News, NASA, Mars, Space, Mike Killian, USA, Technology, Exploration, Mars Odyssey60,000 Laps and Counting, NASA’s Odyssey Spacecraft Still Going Strong After 14 Years at Mars
It’s no secret that the various spacecraft NASA sends out across the Solar System on our behalf are the most well-built, durable, and long-lasting vehicles ever constructed in the history of humanity, and today we are reminded of that fact once again with NASA’s Odyssey spacecraft currently orbiting Mars. As of June 23, 2015, Odyssey—named after Arthur C. […] More
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in NASA, Mars, JPL, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mars Science Laboratory, Curiosity, Mars Exploration Rovers, Space Exploration, Astrobiology, Life on Mars, Solar System
Curiosity Sees Blue Sunset on Red Planet
After nearly three years of laboring on the Red Planet, NASA’s Curiosity Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover has finally captured her first color sunset on Mars—in living blue color! And it’s a whopper. It looks for all the world not like an alien world, but rather like a majestic sunset back here on Earth, from […] More
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