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NASA’s Roman Team Snaps Test Coronagraph Image

“This observation confirms that the instrument can produce a focused image,” said Vanessa Bailey, a Roman Coronagraph Instrument scientist at NASA JPL. “It’s a very limited test that kicks off a ...
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NASA Selects Far-Infrared Telescope as First in New Mission Class

NASA announced Wednesday a mission to explore the history and evolution of the universe, PRIMA (PRobe far-Infrared Mission ...
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NASA Discovery Reveals Complex Water Systems on Early Mars

The scientists were especially intrigued by strong signals of carbonate minerals detected by Mars orbiters. On Earth, carbonates frequently form in shallow ocean and lake environments capable of ...
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NASA’s Dark Universe-Seeking Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launches

The spacecraft will study the mysteries of the cosmos while also testing the Coronagraph Instrument, designed and built by JPL to demonstrate advanced hardware for studying planets around other stars.
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NASA Tests Featherweight Radar Antenna for SkyFall Mars Helicopters

The hardware will enable the SkyFall mission’s trio of planetary rotorcraft to use ground-penetrating radar to study the Martian subsurface. When the trio of NASA’s SkyFall helicopters takes to the ...
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Watches Earth Vanish Behind Martian Moon

The first observation of its kind captures our home planet slipping behind Phobos in the Martian evening sky. Earth and the Martian moon Phobos dance together in a series of images recently acquired ...
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NASA Engineers Help Prolong Voyager 2’s Science Mission

Nicknamed the “Big Bang,” the effort involved simultaneously turning off certain powered devices and substituting them with lower-power alternatives while ensuring the spacecraft remains warm enough ...
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NASA’s Psyche Mission Delivers Mars Flyby Data, Time-lapse Video

The spacecraft aced its encounter with Mars. Now mission scientists are studying a trove of data from the flyby in preparation for its arrival at asteroid Psyche in 2029. NASA’s Psyche spacecraft flew ...
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NASA Testing Advanced Capabilities for Moon, Mars Rovers

A prototype rover built with a new design for tackling rugged terrain is helping teams refine capabilities that could one day be used on future lunar and Red Planet missions. On a bleak stretch of the ...
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NASA-European Sea Level Mission Homes in on El Niño

Waves of higher, warmer water move eastward across the Pacific Ocean a few months before an El Niño emerges. Several have shown up in 2026 satellite data. Sea level data from a satellite launched by ...
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JPL Prime Contract Update

Caltech President Thomas F. Rosenbaum along with Caltech Vice President and JPL Director Dave Gallagher issued the following memo to the Caltech and Jet Propulsion Laboratory community. The Jet ...