NASA will host a news conference at 11 a.m. EDT Tuesday, Sept. 17, at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California to discuss the upcoming Europa Clipper mission to […]
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Educator Workshop – Europa Clipper Mission
Educator Workshop – Europa Clipper Mission
Posted inEuropa, Exploration Gear & Tech, Icy Worlds, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Bathymetry, Missions & Hardware, Status Report
Europa Clipper Astrobiology Probe Undergoes High Gain Antenna Installation
Technicians prepare to install the nearly 10 feet (3 meters) wide dish-shaped high-gain antenna to NASA’s Europa Clipper, a spacecraft to study Jupiter’s icy moon, at the agency’s Payload Hazardous […]
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Astrobiology Droid Traverse Planning Via Open Science Mars Mapping
Combining images from orbit with images from the surface, a JPL-developed tool allows researchers to zoom in to see individual boulders and zoom out to see all of Mars.
Posted inAstrogeology, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Mars, Missions & Hardware, Press Release
Mars Odyssey’s Orbital View Of Olympus Mons As It Nears 100,000 Orbits
Editor’s note: According to this recent posting Newfound Frost Atop The Martian Volcano Olympus Mons: “This high-resolution image shows newly discovered frost at the top of Olympus Mons, the tallest […]
Posted inAway Teams & Field Reports, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Exploration Gear & Tech, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Mars, Microbiology & Virology, Missions & Hardware, Press Release, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, Tricorders & Sensors
Perseverance Mars Rover Team Revives The SHERLOC Astrobiology Instrument
After six months of effort, an instrument that helps the Mars rover look for potential signs of ancient microbial life has come back online.
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AI in Space for Scientific Missions: Strategies for Minimizing Neural-Network Model Upload
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionize space exploration by delegating several spacecraft decisions to an onboard AI instead of relying on ground control and predefined procedures.
Posted inAway Teams & Field Reports, Commercial & Private Sector, Exploration Gear & Tech, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Bathymetry, Missions & Hardware, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, ROVs/Submersibles/Diving, Status Report, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
The Ocean World Droid Power Source You Were Looking For
When it comes to mapping new territory, NASA’s record swamps Lewis and Clark’s. And the space agency doesn’t only chart other stars and planets – a vantage point from space […]
Posted inCryobiology, Enceladus, Europa, Exploration Gear & Tech, Habitable Zones, Icy Worlds, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Jupiter, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Bathymetry, Missions & Hardware, Status Report, Tricorders & Sensors, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Tricorder Tech: Using Solid State Quantum Magnetometers To Seek Out Water Worlds
“Follow the water!” The solar system is full of water in different states, from the Sun’s water vapor to the ice of Pluto and beyond. Water is not only linked […]
Posted inAstrogeology, Astronomy & Telescopes, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Io, Lava / magma ocean / Volcanic Worlds, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Bathymetry, Press Release
New Telescope Images Of Volcano World Io
New images of Jupiter’s volcano-studded moon Io, taken by the Large Binocular Telescope on Mount Graham in Arizona, offer the highest resolution of Io ever achieved with an Earth-based instrument. […]