Author: Alicia Cermak
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‘Roving With Perseverance’: NASA Mars Rover and Helicopter Models on Tour
Catch Mars mania as a traveling exhibit visits more than a dozen towns across the U.S. with lifelike models of NASA’s Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter.
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NASA’s Lucy Mission: A Journey to the Young Solar System
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft launched Oct. 16, 2021, on a 12-year journey to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids.
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40 Years On, Remembering Voyager’s Legacy at Saturn
Voyager 2 made its closest approach to Saturn on Aug. 25, 1981. The mission revealed a planet so phenomenal scientists had to go back.
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One of NASA’s Solar System Ambassadors Will Soon Be an Astronaut
Science educator Sian Proctor won a seat on the upcoming all-civilian SpaceX flight, and is using the opportunity to make space to inspire others.
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Supermoons: In Depth
A supermoon occurs when the moon’s orbit is closest (perigee) to Earth at the same time it is full.
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How to Photograph the Moon
Ten suggestions for making the most of a moonlit night with your camera.
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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Flies Faster, Farther on Third Flight
The craft’s April 25 flight was conducted at speeds and distances beyond what had ever been previously demonstrated, even in testing on Earth.
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How Scientists Are Using the International Space Station to Study Earth’s Climate
As Earth’s climate changes, the International Space Station watches from above, helping to provide unique insights to keep our planet safe.
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Hubble Sees Changing Seasons on Saturn
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is giving astronomers a view of changes in Saturn’s vast and turbulent atmosphere as the planet’s northern hemisphere summer transitions to fall as shown in this series of images taken in 2018, 2019, and 2020 (left…
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Nearly 11 Million Names of Earthlings are on Mars Perseverance
When the Perseverance rover safely touched down on the Martian surface, inside Jezero Crater, on Feb. 18, 2021, it was also a safe landing for the nearly 11 million names on board.