NASA’s Deep Space Communications Demo Exceeds Project Expectations
The project has exceeded all of its technical goals after two years, setting up the foundations of high-speed…
NASA’s GUARDIAN Tsunami Detection Tech Catches Wave in Real Time
A massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami off Russia in late July tested an experimental detection system that had…
New U.S.-European Sea Level Satellite Will Help Safeguard Ships at Sea
Sea surface height data from the Sentinel-6B satellite, led by NASA and ESA, will help with the development…
The 2023 error that nearly ended the mission
For two tense weeks in July 2023, NASA feared humanity’s longest-running spacecraft might be lost forever. When a…
NASA Marsquake Data Reveals Lumpy Nature of Red Planet’s Interior
Rocky material that impacted Mars lies scattered in giant lumps throughout the planet’s mantle, offering clues about Mars’…
NASA: Ceres May Have Had Long-Standing Energy to Fuel Habitability
The dwarf planet is cold now, but new research paints a picture of Ceres hosting a deep, long-lived…
NASA’s Psyche Captures Images of Earth, Moon
Headed for a metal-rich asteroid of the same name, the Psyche spacecraft successfully calibrated its cameras by looking…
US-French SWOT Satellite Measures Tsunami After Massive Quake
Data provided by the water satellite, a joint effort between NASA and the French space agency, is helping…
NASA Supercomputers Take on Life Near Greenland’s Most Active Glacier
As Greenland’s ice retreats, it’s fueling tiny ocean organisms. To test why, scientists turned to a computer model…
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Captures Mars Vista As Clear As Day
‘Float rocks,’ sand ripples, and vast distances are among the sights to see in the latest high-resolution panorama…
NASA’s Europa Clipper Radar Instrument Proves Itself at Mars
The agency’s largest interplanetary probe tested its radar during a Mars flyby. The results include a detailed image…
How Joint NASA-ESA Sea Level Mission Will Help Hurricane Forecasts
Sentinel-6B will measure sea surface height for nearly all of the world’s ocean, providing important data for information…