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When NASA scientists were planning the Mars Perseverance mission, they decided to try something new: Instead of just sending a rover, they’d also send up a small helicopter. Although originally intended as a simple technology demonstration, …

The New York Times

Astronauts from NASA said goodbye to the moon for the last time on Dec. 14, 1972. The somberness of the anniversary is offset by the scenes of Artemis I’s recently concluded mission.

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NASA’s Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft has made it back to terra firma. Orion reached Naval Base San Diego on Tuesday (Dec. 13) aboard the USS Portland, the U.S. Navy recovery ship that fished the capsule out of the Pacific Ocean on Sunday (Dec.

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The story of water will play out in front of a new satellite mission launching tomorrow (Dec. 15). The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite aims to map Earth’s water in unprecedented detail to help manage climate change, and to share …

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One of the most spectacular meteor showers of the year peaked tonight and avid skywatchers all over the world were able to capture the spectacle, although some complained that bad weather spoiled their views. The Geminids are the second richest meteor …

Space.com

NASA will look back on 2022 very fondly indeed. The space agency had a lot to celebrate this year, from the deployment and operation of the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to the end-to-end success of the pioneering Artemis 1 moon mission …

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Human-built spacecraft have been exploring other planets for a full 60 years. On Dec. 14, 1962, a NASA spacecraft called Mariner 2 flew past Venus in the first-ever planetary flyby. The maneuver gave the spacecraft 42 minutes to observe what scientists …

Phys.Org

The satellite will be the first to survey almost all the world’s surface water, allowing researchers to consistently track the volume and movement of every ocean, river, lake and stream on the planet. This joint …

Space.com

Seen through the eyes of JWST, the most powerful telescope ever placed into orbit, the galaxy cluster magnifies objects seen behind it, letting astronomers see deeper into the universe. The researchers determined that some of these galaxies represent the …

CNN

The Juno spacecraft has been orbiting Jupiter since 2016 to uncover details more about the giant planet and is focused on performing flybys of Jupiter’s moons during the extended part of its mission, which began last year and is expected to last through …