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NASA’s SunRISE Mission Targets No Earlier Than Mid-2027 Launch

NASA’s SunRISE (Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment) mission will launch no earlier than mid-2027. The heliophysics ...
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Catches Stunning Martian Dawn

The captivating shapes of wind-carved crags called yardangs are revealed in this zoomed-in crop of a broader panorama ...
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NASA’s Roman Team Snaps Test Coronagraph Image

“This observation confirms that the instrument can produce a focused image,” said Vanessa Bailey, a Roman Coronagraph Instrument scientist at NASA JPL. “It’s a very limited test that kicks off a ...
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NASA Selects Far-Infrared Telescope as First in New Mission Class

NASA announced Wednesday a mission to explore the history and evolution of the universe, PRIMA (PRobe far-Infrared Mission ...
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NASA Discovery Reveals Complex Water Systems on Early Mars

A new study reveals that Jezero Crater’s enigmatic ‘Margin Unit’ was shaped by a complex sequence of ancient lakes, groundwater systems, and hydrothermal fluids. When NASA’s Perseverance rover reached ...
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NASA Tests Featherweight Radar Antenna for SkyFall Mars Helicopters

The hardware will enable the SkyFall mission’s trio of planetary rotorcraft to use ground-penetrating radar to study the Martian subsurface. When the trio of NASA’s SkyFall helicopters takes to the ...
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Watches Earth Vanish Behind Martian Moon

The first observation of its kind captures our home planet slipping behind Phobos in the Martian evening sky. Earth and the Martian moon Phobos dance together in a series of images recently acquired ...
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NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Discovers Field of Honeycomb Textures

Mission scientists have never seen so many of the many-sided geologic features in one place on the Red Planet. As NASA’s Curiosity rover recently began climbing up a Martian valley nicknamed “Valle ...
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US-India Satellite Delivers Data, Reveals ‘Hummingbird’ in Antarctica

Data from NISAR, one of the most powerful radar systems ever launched, is now available to the world. A vivid image of Antarctic ice showcases what the satellite can do. As of July 20, the public can ...
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NASA Testing Advanced Capabilities for Moon, Mars Rovers

A prototype rover built with a new design for tackling rugged terrain is helping teams refine capabilities that could one day be used on future lunar and Red Planet missions. On a bleak stretch of the ...
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NASA-European Sea Level Mission Homes in on El Niño

Waves of higher, warmer water move eastward across the Pacific Ocean a few months before an El Niño emerges. Several have shown up in 2026 satellite data. Sea level data from a satellite launched by ...