NASA’s Arcstone instrument, designed to improve the accuracy of lunar calibration, successfully completed its technology demonstration, and now begins extended operations. Arcstone launched on June 23 on a SpaceX Transporter-14 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on a six-month mission to measure …
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Education & Innovation
NASA Telescopes Spot Surprisingly Mature Cluster in Early Universe
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauA new discovery captures the cosmic moment when a galaxy cluster – among the largest structures in the universe – started to assemble only about a billion years after the …
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Education & Innovation
Networks Keeping NASA’s Artemis II Mission Connected
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauNASA’s Artemis II mission will transport four astronauts around the Moon, bringing the agency one step closer to sending the first astronauts to Mars. Throughout Artemis II, astronaut voice, images, …
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Planet & Sustainability
NASA Webb Pushes Boundaries of Observable Universe Closer to Big Bang
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauNASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has topped itself once again, delivering on its promise to push the boundaries of the observable universe closer to cosmic dawn with the confirmation of a bright …
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Engineers and scientists at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, completed tests this month on a second early version of a key element of the upcoming LISA (Laser …
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Education & Innovation
NASA Reveals New Details About Dark Matter’s Influence on Universe
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauScientists using data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have made one of the most detailed, high-resolution maps of dark matter ever produced. It shows how the invisible, ghostly material …
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Education & Innovation
NASA’s Juno Measures Thickness of Europa’s Ice Shell
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauData from NASA’s Juno mission has provided new insights into the thickness and subsurface structure of the icy shell encasing Jupiter’s moon Europa. Using the spacecraft’s Microwave Radiometer (MWR), mission scientists determined that the …
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Education & Innovation
NASA Technology Brings Golden Age of Exploration to Earth
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauAs NASA fosters technologies needed to live and work farther away from home than ever before, the agency’s Technology Transfer program has the sole mission of getting those innovations into …
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Education & Innovation
NASA Moves Steps Closer to Artemis II Fueling Test Ahead of Launch
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauTeams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida continue to prepare the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket, Orion spacecraft, and ground infrastructure in advance of the Artemis II test flight. …
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Education & Innovation
Artemis II Crew Enters Quarantine Ahead of Journey Around Moon
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauThe next astronauts to fly around the Moon went into quarantine late Friday. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, will …