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Mapping Perseverance’s Route With AI

By |2026-01-30T14:31:00-05:00January 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

2 Min Read Mapping Perseverance’s Route With AI PIA26645 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UofA Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal Mapping Perseverance’s Route… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads Mapping Perseverance’s Route With AI PNG (1,003.24 KB) Description This annotated image from NASA’s HiRISE (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) camera aboard the agency’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter [...]

NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition Program Releases Archived and Tasked Multispectral Data from Satellogic

By |2026-01-30T13:58:00-05:00January 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

CSDA Menu CSDA Commercial Data Commercial Datasets Commercial Satellite Data Explorer Satellite Data Evaluation CSDA Vendors Airbus U.S. BlackSky Capella Space GeoOptics GHGSat ICEYE Maxar Planet Polar Geospatial Center Spire Teledyne Brown Engineering Umbra Tomorrow.io PlanetiQ Program Activities Pilot Research Projects FAQs News Featured Articles 3 min read NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition Program [...]

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Completes First AI-Planned Drive on Mars 

By |2026-01-30T13:51:00-05:00January 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA’s Perseverance used its navigation cameras to capture its drive along the rim of Jezero Crater on Dec. 10, 2025. The navcam images were combined with rover data and placed into a 3D virtual environment, resulting in this reconstruction with virtual frames inserted about every 4 inches (0.1 meters) of drive progress. NASA/JPL-Caltech The team [...]

What’s Up: February 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA

By |2026-01-30T13:34:00-05:00January 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

The Moon readies for Artemis II, Orion shines bright, and a planetary parade marches across the night sky NASA’s Artemis II mission has its first opportunity to launch to the moon, Orion the Hunter takes center stage, and a planetary parade marches across the night sky. Skywatching Highlights Feb: Artemis II launch window opens. [...]

Preparing for Artemis II: Training for a Mission Around the Moon

By |2026-01-30T13:27:00-05:00January 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

4 Min Read Preparing for Artemis II: Training for a Mission Around the Moon Artemis II astronauts, from left, NASA astronaut Victor Glover, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, and NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Reid Wiseman stand on the crew access arm of the mobile launcher as part of an integrated ground [...]

Goldstone’s DSS-15 Antenna and the Milky Way

By |2026-01-30T12:23:00-05:00January 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA/JPL-Caltech Deep Space Station 15, one of the 112-foot antennas at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex near Barstow, California, looks skyward, with the stars of the Milky Way overhead, in September 2025. Goldstone is part of NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN), which operates three complexes around the globe that support communications with dozens of [...]

Artemis II Recovery Training

By |2026-01-30T12:05:00-05:00January 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Off the coast of California, NASA’s Artemis Landing and Recovery team and the Department of War that will work together to retrieve the Artemis II crew and Orion spacecraft following their return to Earth and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean are performing a final simulation of their activities, called a just-in-time training, at sea [...]

Resurrecting Ancient Enzymes in NASA’s Search for Life Beyond Earth

By |2026-01-30T10:04:00-05:00January 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Predicted 3D structures of the ancestral nitrogenase DDKK complex from oldest to modern. University of Wisconsin-Madison/Holly Rucker NASA-supported scientists have resurrected an enzyme first used by organisms on Earth 3.2-billion years ago and, in the process, have validated a chemical biosignature in rocks that is used to understand ancient life on Earth. The research [...]

Hubble Sees Galaxy with Dark Rings in New Light

By |2026-01-30T10:02:00-05:00January 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Explore Hubble Hubble Home Overview About Hubble The History of Hubble Hubble Timeline Why Have a Telescope in Space? Hubble by the Numbers At the Museum FAQs Impact & Benefits Hubble’s Impact & Benefits Science Impacts Cultural Impact Technology Benefits Impact on Human Spaceflight Astro Community Impacts Science Hubble Science Science Themes Science Highlights [...]

NASA Updates Artemis II Wet Dress Rehearsal, Launch Opportunities

By |2026-01-30T08:04:00-05:00January 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket with the Orion spacecraft atop a mobile launcher is seen at Launch Complex 39B, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Artemis II test flight will take Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission [...]

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