Tag Archives: NASAs

[ad_1] The Advanced Rapid Imaging and Analysis (ARIA) team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, created these Damage Proxy Maps (DPMs) depicting areas in California likely damaged by the Woolsey …

[ad_1] NASA has revealed a stunning new image of swirling ‘oil painting’ storms on Jupiter. It shows storms in Jupiter’s dynamic North North Temperate Belt captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft. ‘Appearing in the …

[ad_1] Kate Becker The Visible Universe It’s easy to forget that spacecraft are mortal. NASA’s space telescopes and robotic rovers are built to last, and engineers have gotten so good at wringing …

[ad_1] It’s been a busy week for the folks manning the controls of the Sun-touching Parker Solar Probe at NASA. After breaking a bunch of records last week for its distance from …

[ad_1] NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has survived its first trial by fire. The spacecraft zoomed within 15 million miles (24 million kilometers) of the sun on Monday (Nov. 5) — far closer than any mission had …

[ad_1] A NASA spacecraft has made its first close approach to the sun, just 2 1/2 months after liftoff. The Parker Solar Probe flew within 15 million miles (24 million kilometers) of …

[ad_1] NASA’s Ralph and Lucy are all set to explore Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, which are remnants from the earliest days of our solar system. But Ralph and Lucy are not astronauts — …

[ad_1] Modern air travel is fast, but it could be a lot faster. As the Concorde demonstrated, supersonic air travel is totally doable but comes with a lot of compromises. One of …

[ad_1] Artist’s concept of the Dawn spacecraft with an ion engine firing. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Dawn spacecraft ran out of fuel Wednesday and stopped transmitting to Earth, ending an 11-year mission that …

[ad_1] NASA has enjoyed a nice run of Mars-landing success lately, but that doesn’t mean the agency is getting cocky ahead of next month’s touchdown of its $850 million InSight mission. NASA’s …