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NASA’s CloudSat Ends Mission Peering Into the Heart of Clouds - NASA
Over the course of nearly two decades, its powerful radar provided never-before-seen details of clouds and helped advance global weather and climateNaomi Hartono (NASA)
NASA’s Juno Gives Aerial Views of Mountain, Lava Lake on Io - NASA
Imagery from the solar-powered spacecraft provides close-ups of intriguing features on the hellish Jovian moon.Naomi Hartono (NASA)
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Team Says Goodbye … for Now - NASA
The final downlink shift by the Ingenuity team was a time to reflect on a highly successful mission — and to prepare the first aircraft on another world forNaomi Hartono (NASA)
SWOT Satellite Helps Gauge the Depth of Death Valley’s Temporary Lake - NASA
Data from the international Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission helped researchers to calculate the depth of water in this transient freshwater body.Naomi Hartono (NASA)
Tech Today: Folding NASA Experience into an Origami Toolkit - NASA
Math for designing lasers becomes artist’s key to creating complex crease patternsAndrew Wagner (NASA)
Media Get Close-Up of NASA’s Jupiter-Bound Europa Clipper - NASA
Excitement is mounting as the largest spacecraft NASA has ever built for a planetary mission gets readied for an October launch.Anthony Greicius (NASA)
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Announces 3 Personnel Appointments - NASA
The staff changes tap into a deep well of talent and experience across JPL as the laboratory looks to the future.Anthony Greicius (NASA)
NASA’s NEOWISE Extends Legacy With Decade of Near-Earth Object Data - NASA
As the infrared space telescope continues its long-duration survey of the universe, it is creating a unique resource for future astronomers to make newAnthony Greicius (NASA)
Rock Sampled by NASA’s Perseverance Embodies Why Rover Came to Mars - NASA
The 24th sample taken by the six-wheeled scientist offers new clues about Jezero Crater and the lake it may have once held.Naomi Hartono (NASA)
How NASA Spotted El Niño Changing the Saltiness of Coastal Waters - NASA
New findings have revealed a coastal realm highly sensitive to changes in runoff and rainfall on land.Naomi Hartono (NASA)
NASA’s Europa Clipper Survives and Thrives in ‘Outer Space’ on Earth - NASA
A gantlet of tests prepared the spacecraft for its challenging trip to the Jupiter system, where it will explore the icy moon Europa and its subsurface ocean.Anthony Greicius (NASA)
CADRE Rovers’ Test Drive in the Mars Yard - NASA
Two full-scale development model rovers, part of NASA's Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration (CADRE) technology demonstration, drive in theNASA
NASA Analysis Sees Spike in 2023 Global Sea Level Due to El Niño - NASA
A long-term sea level dataset shows ocean surface heights continuing to rise at faster and faster rates over decades of observations.Naomi Hartono (NASA)
US, Germany Partnering on Mission to Track Earth’s Water Movement - NASA
The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment-Continuity mission will extend a decades-long record of following shifting water masses using gravity measurements.Naomi Hartono (NASA)
NASA Study: Asteroid’s Orbit, Shape Changed After DART Impact - NASA
After NASA’s historic Double Asteroid Redirection Test, a JPL-led study has shown that the shape of asteroid Dimorphos has changed and its orbit has shrunk.Naomi Hartono (NASA)
Student-Built Robots Clash at Competition Supported by NASA-JPL - NASA
Hand-crafted robots, constructed over the past two months by 44 high school teams, duked it out at the FIRST Robotics Los Angeles regional competition.Naomi Hartono (NASA)
Leslie Livesay Named Deputy Director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory - NASA
The first woman to serve as JPL’s deputy director, Livesay serves under Laurie Leshin, the first woman to lead the lab.Anthony Greicius (NASA)
NASA Unveils Design for Message Heading to Jupiter’s Moon Europa - NASA
When it launches in October, the agency’s Europa Clipper spacecraft will carry a richly layered dispatch that includes more than 2.6 million names submittedNaomi Hartono (NASA)
SWOT Satellite Catches Coastal Flooding During California Storms - NASA
Operated by NASA and the French space agency, the Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission provides a new view of water on land, at the coast, and in theAnthony Greicius (NASA)
NASA’s Planetary Radar Images Slowly Spinning Asteroid - NASA
During the close approach of 2008 OS7 with Earth on Feb. 2, the agency’s Deep Space Network planetary radar gathered the first detailed images of theNaomi Hartono (NASA)
NASA Telescopes Find New Clues About Mysterious Deep Space Signals - NASA
Using two of the agency’s X-ray telescopes, researchers were able to zoom in on a dead star’s erratic behavior as it released a bright, brief burst of radioAnthony Greicius (NASA)
Team Assessing SHERLOC Instrument on NASA’s Perseverance Rover - NASA
Engineers are working to stabilize a dust cover on one of the science instrument’s cameras.Anthony Greicius (NASA)
University High School Wins Regional Science Bowl at NASA’s JPL - NASA
After months of preparation, more than 100 students competed at the fast-paced annual academic competition hosted by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.Naomi Hartono (NASA)
NASA Puts Next-Gen Exoplanet-Imaging Technology to the Test - NASA
A cutting-edge tool to view planets outside our solar system has passed two key tests ahead of its launch as part of the agency’s Roman Space Telescope by 2027.Anthony Greicius (NASA)
Poised for Science: NASA’s Europa Clipper Instruments Are All Aboard - NASA
The science performed by the complex suite of instruments recently added to the spacecraft will reveal whether Jupiter’s moon Europa has conditions that couldNaomi Hartono (NASA)
NASA Collaborating on European-led Gravitational Wave Observatory in Space - NASA Science
The first space-based observatory designed to detect gravitational waves has passed a major review and will proceed to the construction of flight hardware. On Jan.science.nasa.gov
University High Wins L.A. Ocean Sciences Bowl at NASA’s JPL - NASA
The annual competition aims to help students expand their ocean-related knowledge outside the classroom and to become environmental stewards.Anthony Greicius (NASA)
20 Years After Landing: How NASA’s Twin Rovers Changed Mars Science - NASA
This month marks the 20th anniversary of Spirit and Opportunity’s landing on Mars, part of a mission whose legacy will extend far into the future.Naomi Hartono (NASA)
NASA Study: More Greenland Ice Lost Than Previously Estimated - NASA
A new, comprehensive analysis of satellite data finds that majority of glaciers on the landmass have retreated significantly.Naomi Hartono (NASA)
This US-Indian Satellite Will Monitor Earth’s Changing Frozen Regions - NASA
NISAR will study changes to ice sheets, glaciers, and sea ice in fine detail, as climate change warms the air and ocean.Naomi Hartono (NASA)
NASA’s Juno to Get Close Look at Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Io on Dec. 30 - NASA
The orbiter has performed 56 flybys of Jupiter and documented close encounters with three of the gas giant’s four largest moons.Naomi Hartono (NASA)
NASA’s Juno to Get Close Look at Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Io on Dec. 30 - NASA
The orbiter has performed 56 flybys of Jupiter and documented close encounters with three of the gas giant’s four largest moons.Naomi Hartono (NASA)
NASA’s Deep Space Network Turns 60 and Prepares for the Future - NASA
The agency’s DSN provides critical communications and navigation services to dozens of space missions, and it’s being modernized to support dozens more.Naomi Hartono (NASA)
Meet the Infrared Telescopes That Paved the Way for NASA’s Webb - NASA
The Webb telescope has opened a new window onto the universe, but it builds on missions going back 40 years, including Spitzer and the Infrared AstronomicalNaomi Hartono (NASA)
As the Arctic Warms, Its Waters Are Emitting Carbon - NASA
Runoff from one of North America’s largest rivers is driving intense carbon dioxide emissions in the Arctic Ocean.Naomi Hartono (NASA)
NASA’s Tech Demo Streams First Video From Deep Space via Laser - NASA
The video, featuring a cat named Taters, was sent back from nearly 19 million miles away by NASA’s laser communications demonstration, marking a historicNaomi Hartono (NASA)
NASA’s NEOWISE Celebrates 10 Years, Plans End of Mission - NASA
The asteroid and comet-hunting infrared space telescope has gathered an impressive haul of observations, but it’s now at the mercy of the Sun, which isNaomi Hartono (NASA)
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Deciphers Ancient History of Martian Lake - NASA
Now at 1,000 days on Mars, the mission has traversed an ancient river and lake system, collecting valuable samples along the way.Naomi Hartono (NASA)
NASA Sensor Produces First Global Maps of Surface Minerals in Arid Regions - NASA
EMIT delivers first-of-a-kind maps of minerals in Earth’s dust-source areas, enabling scientists to model the fine particles’ role in climate change and more.Naomi Hartono (NASA)