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Persevering Through Science

By |2025-02-04T03:01:00-05:00February 4th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Explore This Section Mars Home Science Overview Objectives Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Perseverance Raw Images Images Videos Audio More Resources Mars Missions Mars Sample Return Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover MAVEN Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions Perseverance Home Mission Overview Rover Components Mars Rock Samples Where [...]

Sols 4441-4442: Winter is Coming

By |2025-02-04T01:20:00-05:00February 4th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio Mosaics More Resources Mars Missions Mars Sample Return Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover MAVEN Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions 3 min read Sols [...]

Combustor Facilities

By |2025-02-03T17:48:00-05:00February 3rd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

9 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Sector Combustor Studies (CE-5B-1) Combustion studies are conducted in this two-test position facility specifically in support of the NOx-reduction research for the High Speed Research program and the Advanced Subsonic Technology program. CE-5B-1 is large enough to test sector arrangements of injector elements to [...]

NASA Awards Contract for Airborne Science Flight Services Support

By |2025-02-03T16:31:00-05:00February 3rd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA has awarded Dynamic Aviation Group Inc. of Bridgewater, Virginia, the Commercial Aviation Services contract to support the agency’s Airborne Science Program. The program provides aircraft and technology to further science and advance the use of Earth observing satellite data, making NASA data about our home planet and innovations accessible to all. This is an [...]

NASA Presses Forward Search for VIPER Moon Rover Partner

By |2025-02-03T16:22:00-05:00February 3rd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA’s VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) sits outside a testing chamber after completing its thermal vacuum testing in the fall of 2024. Credit: NASA/JSC David DeHoyos To advance plans of securing a public/private partnership and land and operate NASA’s VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) mission on the Moon in collaboration with industry the [...]

Station Science Top News: Jan. 31, 2025

By |2025-02-03T16:17:00-05:00February 3rd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Seeds survive space A close-up view of the Materials International Space Station Experiment hardware housing materials for exposure to space.NASA Researchers found that plant seeds exposed to space germinated at the same rate as those kept on the ground. This finding shows that plant seeds can remain viable during long-term space travel and plants could [...]

Stacking Artemis II

By |2025-02-03T15:57:00-05:00February 3rd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA/Frank Michaux NASA’s iconic “worm” insignia stands out in this photo taken on Jan. 24, 2025, as engineers and technicians prepared to lift the left center center booster segment for the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket. The boosters will help support the remaining rocket components and the Orion spacecraft during final assembly of the [...]

How Does the Sun Behave? (Grades K-4)

By |2025-02-03T15:44:00-05:00February 3rd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 Min Read How Does the Sun Behave? (Grades K-4) This article is for students grades K-4. The Sun is a star. It is the biggest object in our solar system. The Sun is about 93 million miles away from Earth and about 4.5 billion years old. The Sun affects Earth’s weather, seasons, climate, [...]

NASA Ames Stars of the Month: February 2025

By |2025-02-03T15:11:00-05:00February 3rd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

The NASA Ames Science Directorate recognizes the outstanding contributions of (pictured left to right) Michael Flynn, Ross Beyer, and Matt Johnson. Their commitment to the NASA mission represents the entrepreneurial spirit, technical expertise, and collaborative disposition needed to explore this world and beyond. Space Biosciences Star: Michael Flynn Michael Flynn, a senior scientist and [...]

NASA’s InSight Finds Marsquakes From Meteoroids Go Deeper Than Expected

By |2025-02-03T11:38:00-05:00February 3rd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

6 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Captured by the HiRISE camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on March 4, 2021, this impact crater was found in Cerberus Fossae, a seismically active region of the Red Planet. Scientists matched its appearance on the surface with a quake detected by NASA’s InSight [...]

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