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Sols 2649-2652: Curiosity Loses Its Attitude

“Knowing where our bodies are helps us move through the world. We know if we are standing or sitting, if our arms are out or by our sides (or for some people, not there at all). This body awareness is …

Boeing Rolls Out First Space Launch System Core Stage for Delivery to NASA

“Boeing today delivered the core stage of NASA’s first Space Launch System (SLS) deep space exploration rocket, moving it out of the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans to the agency’s Pegasus barge. The event marks the …

NASA’s SDO Sees New Kind of Magnetic Explosion on Sun

“NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has observed a magnetic explosion the likes of which have never been seen before. In the scorching upper reaches of the Sun’s atmosphere, a prominence — a large loop of material launched by an eruption …

NASA’s Mars 2020 Rover Completes Its First Drive

“NASA’s next Mars rover has passed its first driving test. A preliminary assessment of its activities on Dec. 17, 2019, found that the rover checked all the necessary boxes as it rolled forward and backward and pirouetted in a …

NASA’s NICER Delivers Best-ever Pulsar Measurements, 1st Surface Map

“Astrophysicists are redrawing the textbook image of pulsars, the dense, whirling remains of exploded stars, thanks to NASA’s Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER), an X-ray telescope aboard the International Space Station. Using NICER data, scientists have obtained the …

Earth at Night

“NASA’s Earth at Night explores the brilliance of our planet when it is in darkness. It is a compilation of stories depicting the interactions between science and wonder, and I am pleased to share this visually stunning and captivating …

Aquatic Rover Goes for a Drive Under the Ice

“A little robotic explorer will be rolling into Antarctica this month to perform a gymnastic feat - driving upside down under sea ice. BRUIE, or the Buoyant Rover for Under-Ice Exploration, is being developed for underwater exploration in extraterrestrial, icy waters …

First NASA Parker Solar Probe Results Reveal Surprising Details About Our Sun

“The Sun is revealing itself in dramatic detail and shedding light on how other stars may form and behave throughout the universe – all thanks to NASA’s Parker Solar Probe. The spacecraft is enduring scorching temperatures to gather data, which …

SpaceX Dragon Heads to Space Station with NASA Science, Cargo

“A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station after launching at 12:29 p.m. EST Thursday. Dragon will deliver more than 5,700 pounds of NASA cargo and science investigations, including studies of …

Voyager 2 Illuminates Boundary of Interstellar Space

“One year ago, on Nov. 5, 2018, NASA’s Voyager 2 became only the second spacecraft in history to leave the heliosphere - the protective bubble of particles and magnetic fields created by our Sun. At a distance of about 11 …