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NASA’s Perseverance Rover surveys the floor of Jezero Crater on Feb. 5, the 698th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The rover began its third year on Mars recently. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Updates from NASA’s Far-flung Missions
March 28, 2023 // by

A unique view of the Sun, gathering Martian dust, and preparing for asteroid samples.

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This landscape of “mountains” and “valleys” speckled with glittering stars is actually the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region called NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. Captured in infrared light by NASA’s new James Webb Space Telescope, this image reveals for the first time previously invisible areas of star birth. Credit: NASA
Podcast Episode 99: Webb Space Telescope’s First Year
December 14, 2022 // by

NASA James Webb Space Telescope Mission Systems Engineer Mike Menzel discusses highlights of the observatory’s first year in space.

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Video Feature banner showing Moonikin Campos, named after Arturo Campos, that is flying aboard Artemis I, an uncrewed flight test of the Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket as an integrated system ahead of crewed flights to the Moon. Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky
Featured Video: NASA’s Artemis I ‘Passengers’
November 1, 2022 // by

Meet the three “passengers” that are collecting data to help us keep future NASA astronauts safe and understand what they will be experiencing on upcoming Artemis missions to the Moon.

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A full-scale model of the inflated aeroshell for NASA’s Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) is displayed at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Credit: NASA/David C. Bowman
NASA Prepares for Hypersonic Test of Inflatable Decelerator
October 21, 2022 // by

Technology could transform exploration of Mars, other planets.

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Artist's concept of OSAM-1 servicing a satellite in space. Credit: NASA
Podcast Episode 91: OSAM-1
August 24, 2022 // by

OSAM-1 Lead Systems Engineer Wendy Morgenstern discusses NASA’s On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1 mission to robotically refuel a satellite that wasn’t designed to be serviced.

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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter sits on Airfield D, near the Perseverance rover on the surface of Mars. NASA has added two Ingenuity-class helicopters to the design of the Mars Sample Return campaign as backups for sample retrieval. Credit: NASA
NASA, ESA Finalizing Design of Mars Sample Return
August 15, 2022 // by

Campaign will employ a pair of helicopters and rely on Perseverance. 

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Researchers are learning more about the surprisingly rugged surface of the asteroid Bennu, which is covered with boulders and has defied expectations. Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona
New Research Examines Asteroid’s Surface
July 28, 2022 // by

New surprises from smallest object NASA has ever orbited. 

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Space Technology Mission Directorate CKO Alesyn Lowry. Credit: NASA
Knowledge Community Corner: NASA STMD’s Alesyn Lowry
July 7, 2022 // by

Alesyn Lowry discusses knowledge sharing in NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate.

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Video Feature banner showing a simulated image of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's arm impacting the surface of asteroid Bennu. The layers of the surface are colored in bright yellow and purple. Credit: NASA
Featured Video: Asteroid Bennu’s Surprising Surface Revealed by NASA Spacecraft
July 1, 2022 // by

Scientists have used data from OSIRIS-REx to revisit the Touch-And-Go (TAG) sample collection event and better understand how Bennu’s loose upper layers are held together.

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