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NASA MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) mission scientists have uncovered a key puzzle piece in understanding certain types of auroras on Mars, finding that they form in a similar way to Earth-based auroras. Results published Thursday in Nature Communications show the same mechanism that circulates and catapults charged particles into Earth’s atmosphere is happening at

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft will skim past Mars to gain speed on its long journey to a strange metal asteroid. Along the way, it could capture spectacular images of the Red Planet and gather new scientific data during the high-speed flyby. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is using a daring close flyby of Mars to slingshot

The mission is a key step toward future lunar landings. Continue reading NASA’s Artemis II leaves Earth orbit for historic lunar flyby on Tech Explorist...

NASA's Orion spacecraft for the crewed Artemis 2 mission to fly astronauts around the moon is all fueled up and going through final preparations to ready the vehicle for stacking with its SLS rocket...

NASA and ISRO have launched NISAR, a groundbreaking radar satellite that will monitor natural disasters and environmental changes across Earth. It can scan land and ice surfaces every 12 days, offering scientists vital data on earthquakes, floods, melting glaciers, and more...

Software designed to give spacecraft more autonomy could support a future where swarms of satellites navigate and complete scientific objectives with limited human intervention. Astronauts living and working on the Moon and Mars will rely on satellites to provide services like navigation, weather, and communications relays. While managing complex missions, automating satellite communications will allow

The first astronauts preparing to fly to the moon in more than 50 years want your help identifying their "moon mascot." NASA's Artemis II crew is seeking an original idea for their zero-g indicator...

Is Indian-origin NASA astronaut Sunita Williams 'abandoned or stuck' in space? Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore will have logged nearly 290 days in orbit since their launch June 5 on a mission originally expected to last a little more than one week. Initially, NASA planned to bring them back to Earth in February but the