Congratulations to the OSIRIS-REx team on a picture-perfect mission – the first American asteroid sample return in histor
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Is NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio Scientific?
If NASA’s SVS had wanted to be realistic and scientific, they could have used my animation below—it shows 30 years of Sea Level Rise at the American Merchant Mariners’ Memorial…
Thermosphere is Cooling, Bad for Satellites. Thermosphere is Heating, Bad for Satellites.
Thermospheric cooling, CO2 and models are proved again, bad for satellites. Thermospheric warming, it’s that damn sun and its storms, bad for satellites.
“Hail Columbia”
February 1, 2023 marked the 20th anniversary of the tragic loss of STS-107 Space Shuttle Columbia and her crew of seven brave astronauts.
Now they’re coming for your garbage – NASA to track landfill methane emissions from space
From NASA JPL and the “looks like there will be a garbage limit in your future” department. NASA Sensors to Help Detect Methane Emitted by Landfills A nonprofit group, Carbon…
Secrets of Sunspots and Solar Magnetic Fields Investigated in NASA Supercomputing Simulations
New results based on simulations out of NASA’s Advanced Supercomputing facility at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley are painting a more complete picture of one of the…
NASA Cancels Satellite CO2 Monitoring Project
The Geocarb Project cancellation leaves a lot of questions – like how NASA managed to spend $170 million on the CO2 monitoring project without putting anything into space.
Artemis I – Flight Day 11: Orion Surpasses Apollo 13 Record Distance from Earth
On day 11 of the Artemis I mission, Orion continues its journey beyond the Moon after entering a distant retrograde orbit Friday, Nov. 25, at 3:52 p.m. CST.
Apollo 13 Views of the Moon in 4K
This video uses data gathered from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft to recreate some of the stunning views of the Moon that the Apollo 13 astronauts saw on their perilous…
NASA’s InSight Waits Out Dust Storm
InSight’s team is taking steps to help the solar-powered lander continue operating for as long as possible.
NASA’s Webb Detects Carbon Dioxide in Exoplanet Atmosphere
This observation of a gas giant planet orbiting a Sun-like star 700 light-years away provides important insights into the composition and formation of the planet.
Blue Ripples on a Red Planet
Though Mars is the Red Planet, false-color images can help us learn about its weather and geology. This image shows a variety of wind-related features on the Red Planet near…
50 Years of Landsat
We’re celebrating 50 years of the Landsat satellite, the first of which launched on July 23, 1972. The latest in the series, Landsat 9, launched in September 2021.
NASA Seeks Public’s Designs to Throw Shade in Space
To further this exploration, NASA is supporting the early-stage study of a concept for a hybrid observatory that would combine a ground-based telescope with a space-based starshade.
NASA Highlights Climate Research on Cargo Launch, Sets Coverage
NASA and SpaceX are targeting 8:44 p.m. EDT Thursday, July 14, to launch the agency’s next investigation to monitor climate change to the International Space Station.
Novel NASA Instrument Sets Sights on Earth-bound Solar Radiation
A very small instrument has a big job ahead of it: measuring all Earth-directed energy coming from the Sun and helping scientists understand how that energy influences our planet’s severe…
China Rejects NASA Claim They Want to Take Over the Moon
A fascinating war of words has erupted between NASA and the CCP, over China’s space intentions.
Update on NASA’s TROPICS-1 Mission
With four satellites, TROPICS will still provide improved time-resolved observations of tropical cyclones compared to traditional observing methods.
NASA to Set Up Independent Study on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena
The study will focus on identifying available data, how best to collect future data, and how NASA can use that data to move the scientific understanding of UAPs forward.
NASA to Launch 6 Small Satellites to Monitor, Study Tropical Cyclones
When launched, the TROPICS satellites will work together to provide near-hourly microwave observations of a storm’s precipitation, temperature, and humidity.
NASA to Highlight Climate Research on Cargo Launch, Sets TV Coverage
Flying aboard SpaceX’s 25th commercial resupply services mission to the orbital laboratory is NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT).
5 Things to Know About NASA’s New Mineral Dust Detector
From NASA Called EMIT, the Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation will analyze dust carried through the atmosphere from dry regions to see what effects it has on the planet. Each…
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