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NASA Prepares for Historic Asteroid Sample Delivery on Sept. 24

NASA Prepares for Historic Asteroid Sample Delivery on Sept. 24

03.24.2023
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is cruising back to Earth with a sample it collected from the rocky surface of asteroid Bennu. When its sample capsule parachutes down into the Utah desert on Sept. 24, OSIRIS-REx will become the United States’ first-ever mission to return an asteroid sample to Earth.
NASA Instrument Bound for Titan Could Reveal Chemistry Leading to Life

NASA Instrument Bound for Titan Could Reveal Chemistry Leading to Life

03.17.2023
NASA’s Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s giant moon, Titan, will carry an instrument called the Dragonfly Mass Spectrometer designed to help scientists hone in on the chemistry at work on Titan. It may also shed light on the kinds of chemical steps that occurred on Earth that ultimately led to the formation of life, called prebiotic chemistry.
NASA Appoints Lunar Science Leads for Artemis III, Artemis IV Missions

NASA Appoints Lunar Science Leads for Artemis III, Artemis IV Missions

03.15.2023
NASA has appointed two scientists to coordinate the lunar science teams supporting the first and second crewed lunar landing missions in more than 50 years.
First Look at Ryugu Asteroid Sample Reveals it is Organic-Rich

First Look at Ryugu Asteroid Sample Reveals it is Organic-Rich

02.23.2023
Asteroid Ryugu has a rich complement of organic molecules, according to a NASA and international team’s initial analysis of a sample from the asteroid delivered to Earth by Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft. The discovery adds support to the idea that organic material from space contributed to the inventory of chemical components necessary for life.
image from NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover shows its wheel tracks

NASA Study Seeks to Understand Impact Effects on Mars Rocks

02.15.2023
A NASA study describes how rocks could have been “shocked” and changed by meteorite impacts, once frequent on ancient Mars. This will improve our analysis of rock samples returned from the Red Planet.
Illustration of Lucy spacecraft near an asteroid

NASA’s Lucy Asteroid Target Gets a Name

02.09.2023
The first asteroid to be visited by the NASA Lucy mission now has a name.
Cover of Spinoff 2023

NASA Spinoffs Bolster Climate Resilience, Improve Medical Care, More

01.31.2023
The latest edition of NASA’s Spinoff publication features dozens of new commercialized technologies that use the agency’s technology, research, and/or expertise to benefit people around the globe. It also includes a section highlighting technologies of tomorrow.
Photo of Reggie Hudson in a lab

AAS Awards Laboratory Astrophysics Prize to NASA Goddard Scientist

01.17.2023
The American Astronomical Society (AAS) has awarded the 2023 Laboratory Astrophysics Prize to Dr. Reggie Hudson of the Goddard's Cosmic Ice Laboratory. It is given in recognition of his contributions to the understanding of the chemistry of ices in the interstellar medium and in the Solar System.
NASA Scientists Study Life Origins By Simulating a Cosmic Evolution

NASA Scientists Study Life Origins By Simulating a Cosmic Evolution

01.10.2023
Because amino acids are found in all living things on Earth scientists are eager to understand the origins of these molecules. After all, amino acids may have helped spawn life on this planet after being delivered here about 4 billion years ago by pieces of asteroids or comets.
Hubble space telescope image of stars in cluster NGC 2024

NASA Science To Be Featured at American Astronomical Society Meeting

01.06.2023
Experts will discuss new research from NASA missions at the 241st meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), on topics ranging from the universe’s early galaxies to planets outside our solar system.
Image showing a collection of ridges, craters, and boulders that form a lunar horizon.

NASA Developing AI to Steer Using Landmarks – On the Moon

12.16.2022
A NASA engineer is teaching a machine to use features on the Moon’s horizon to navigate across the lunar surface.
This illustration shows NASA’s Lunar Flashlight, with its four solar arrays deployed, shortly after launch

NASA’s Lunar Flashlight Has Launched – Follow the Mission in Real Time

12.12.2022
NASA’s Eyes on the Solar System web-based visualization tool lets you “see” the SmallSat as it journeys to the Moon and seeks out water ice in the darkest craters there.
Image of moon over Earth's atmosphere

NASA Press Events at 2022 Fall AGU Meeting

12.08.2022
NASA researchers will be presenting findings on Earth and space sciences Dec.12-16 at the American Geophysical Union's 2022 Fall meeting, being held virtually and in Chicago this year.
This illustration shows NASA’s Lunar Flashlight using its four-laser reflectometer to search for surface water ice as it makes a close approach over the Moon’s South Pole.

NASA’s Lunar Flashlight SmallSat Readies for Launch

11.28.2022
The small satellite will search for water ice in permanently shadowed craters at the Moon’s South Pole, using an orbit only one other spacecraft has employed.
The solar-powered small satellite is shown here with its solar arrays extended in a Georgia Tech clean room.

NASA’s Lunar Flashlight Ready to Search for the Moon’s Water Ice

10.28.2022
Set for a November launch, the small satellite mission will use lasers to search for water ice inside the darkest craters at the Moon’s South Pole.
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NASA’s Economic Benefit Reaches All 50 States

10.27.2022
NASA released the results of its second agencywide economic impact report on Thursday, demonstrating how its Moon to Mars activities, investments in climate change research and technology, as well as other work generated more than $71.2 billion in total economic output during fiscal year 2021.
1st NASA Asteroid Sample Return Mission on Track for Fall ’23 Delivery

1st NASA Asteroid Sample Return Mission on Track for Fall ’23 Delivery

10.14.2022
NASA's first asteroid sample return spacecraft, OSIRIS-REx, fired its thrusters for 30 seconds on Sept. 21 and nudged its trajectory toward Earth. The resulting course correction keeps the vehicle on track to deliver a sample of asteroid Bennu to Earth on Sept. 24, 2023, completing a seven-year mission.
NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Prepares to Swing by Earth

NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Prepares to Swing by Earth

10.13.2022
On Oct. 16, at 7:04 a.m. EDT, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will skim Earth’s atmosphere, passing a mere 220 miles (350 kilometers) above the surface to gain some of the orbital energy it needs to travel to the Jupiter Trojan asteroids.
NASA’s Lucy to Fly Past Thousands of Objects for Earth Gravity Assist

NASA’s Lucy to Fly Past Thousands of Objects for Earth Gravity Assist

10.13.2022
Mission engineers will track NASA’s Lucy spacecraft nonstop as it prepares to swoop near Earth on Oct. 16 to use this planet’s gravity to set itself on a course toward the Jupiter Trojan asteroids. But they also will be closely tracking something else: more than 47,000 satellites, debris, and other objects circling our planet.
Why the Moon's South Pole Is Ideal for Exploration on ‘NASA Explorers’ Video Series

Why the Moon's South Pole Is Ideal for Exploration on ‘NASA Explorers’ Video Series

10.12.2022
It’s not rockets and satellites that make NASA soar. It’s people. On season 5 of NASA Explorers, “Artemis Generation,” you’ll meet the scientists and engineers who are studying Moon rocks, building tools, working aboard NASA’s International Space Station, and training astronauts in preparation for landing humans on the Moon.
NASA Studies Origins of ‘Weird’ Solar System Object: Dwarf Planet Haumea

NASA Studies Origins of ‘Weird’ Solar System Object: Dwarf Planet Haumea

10.11.2022
Using computer simulations, scientists based at NASA have pieced together the story of how the dwarf planet Haumea, found in the Kuiper Belt of icy worlds beyond the orbit of outermost planet Neptune, became one of the most unusual objects in the solar system.
Why Astronauts Must Think and Act Like Geologists Find Out on ‘NASA Explorers’ Video Series

Why Astronauts Must Think and Act Like Geologists Find Out on ‘NASA Explorers’ Video Series

10.05.2022
It’s not rockets and satellites that make NASA soar. It’s people. On season 5 of NASA Explorers, “Artemis Generation,” you’ll meet the scientists and engineers who are studying Moon rocks, building tools, working aboard NASA’s International Space Station, and training astronauts in preparation for landing humans on the Moon.
Celebrate 'International Observe the Moon Night' with NASA

Celebrate 'International Observe the Moon Night' with NASA

09.23.2022
The public is invited to participate in NASA’s celebration of "International Observe the Moon Night" on Saturday, Oct. 1.
Astronaut, Space Rocks, Moon Tools Featured in 'NASA Explorers' Video Series

Astronaut, Space Rocks, Moon Tools Featured in 'NASA Explorers' Video Series

09.22.2022
It’s not rockets and satellites that make NASA soar. It’s people. On season 5 of NASA Explorers, “Artemis Generation,” you’ll meet the scientists and engineers who are studying Moon rocks, building tools, working aboard NASA’s International Space Station, and training astronauts in preparation for landing humans on the Moon.
NASA Study: Small Craters Add Up to Wandering Poles on Moon

NASA Study: Small Craters Add Up to Wandering Poles on Moon

09.19.2022
A team based at NASA used computer simulations to “erase” thousands of craters from the Moon’s surface, as if turning back the clock 4.25 billion years to a time before the craters formed. They found that the locations of the Moon’s North and South Poles moved slightly over this time period.

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