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NASA’s Network of Small Moon-Bound Rovers Is Ready to Roll
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The technology behind the two seismometers that make up NASA’s Farside Seismic Suite was used to detect more than a thousand Red Planet quakes. .
May 29, 2024
An analysis of data from Magellan’s radar finds two volcanoes erupted in the early 1990s. This adds to the 2023 discovery of a different active volcano in Magellan data. .
May 27, 2024
Assembled at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, the spacecraft arrived at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 23 for launch preparations. .
May 24, 2024
The spacecraft already is beyond the distance of Mars and is using ion propulsion to accelerate toward a metal-rich asteroid, where it will orbit and collect science data. .
May 22, 2024
Imagery from the solar-powered spacecraft shows some intriguing features on the ice-encased Jovian moon. .
May 15, 2024
The Sun will be at peak activity this year, providing a rare opportunity to study how solar storms and radiation could affect future astronauts on the Red Planet. .
April 29, 2024
After some inventive sleuthing, the mission team can — for the first time in five months — check the health and status of the most distant human-made object in existence. .
April 22, 2024
Imagery from the solar-powered spacecraft provides close-ups of intriguing features on the hellish Jovian moon. .
April 18, 2024
Excitement is mounting as the largest spacecraft NASA has ever built for a planetary mission gets readied for an October launch. .
April 11, 2024
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. .
March 27, 2024
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 submitted by the public. .
March 8, 2024
The ice-covered Jovian moon generates 1,000 tons of oxygen every 24 hours – enough to keep a million humans breathing for a day. .
March 4, 2024