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How Engineers at NASA JPL Persevered to Develop a Ventilator
As coronavirus hit, JPL engineers teamed up to make a ventilator prototype that could be mass produced to fill a massive need. It's not rocket science; it's something more.
NASA's Perseverance Rover Goes Through Trials by Fire, Ice, Light and Sound
The agency's new Mars rover is put through a series of tests in vacuum chambers, acoustic chambers and more to get ready for the Red Planet.
NASA Wins 4 Webbys, 4 People's Voice Awards
Winners include the JPL-managed "Send Your Name to Mars" campaign, NASA's Global Climate Change website, Solar System Interactive.
NASA Telescope Named for 'Mother of Hubble' Nancy Grace Roman
At the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, team members are building the Coronagraph Instrument for the spacecraft and contributing to the mission's science goals.
Air Deliveries Bring NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover Closer to Launch
A NASA Wallops Flight Facility cargo plane transported more than two tons of equipment - including the rover's sample collection tubes - to Florida for this summer's liftoff.
The Detective Aboard NASA's Perseverance Rover
An instrument called SHERLOC will, with the help of its partner WATSON, hunt for signs of ancient life by detecting organic molecules and minerals.
Caltech Alum Robert Behnken Aboard Historic Demo-2 Launch
The SpaceX Crew Dragon flight with NASA's Behnken and Douglas Hurley marks the first launch of American astronauts on an American-made rocket from American soil in nearly a decade.
JPL Mission Breaks Record for Smallest Satellite to Detect an Exoplanet
About the size of a briefcase, the CubeSat was built to test new technologies but exceeded expectations by spotting a planet outside our solar system.
The Extraordinary Sample-Gathering System of NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover
Two astronauts collected Moon rocks on Apollo 11. It will take three robotic systems working together to gather up the first Mars rock samples for return to Earth.
Saturn's Moon Titan Drifting Away Faster Than Previously Thought
The new research by scientists at NASA and the Italian Space Agency has implications for the entire Saturn system as well as other planets and moons.
Three New Views of Mars' Moon Phobos
Taken with the infrared camera on NASA's Odyssey orbiter, the images reveal temperature variations aboard the small moon as it drifts into and out of Mars' shadow.
NASA's Mars Rover Drivers Need Your Help
Using an online tool to label Martian terrain types, you can train an artificial intelligence algorithm that could improve the way engineers guide the Curiosity rover.
New International Ocean Satellite Completes Testing
A team of engineers in the U.S. and Europe subjected the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft to a battery of trials to ready it for liftoff later this year.
While Stargazing on Mars, NASA's Curiosity Rover Spots Earth and Venus
This new portrait of the Red Planet's neighbors was taken during a time when there's more dust in the air on Mars.
NASA to Hold Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Launch Briefing
Learn more about the agency's next Red Planet mission during a live event on June 17.
Proposed NASA Mission Would Visit Neptune's Curious Moon Triton
One of four concepts being considered for a Discovery Program mission, Trident would investigate one of the solar system's most unusual worlds.
A Cosmic Baby Is Discovered, and It's Brilliant
Born from an exploded star, the infant magnetar belongs to a family of extreme objects called neutron stars. Its discovery may lend insight into these strange phenomena.
The Launch Is Approaching for NASA's Next Mars Rover, Perseverance
The Red Planet's surface has been visited by eight NASA spacecraft. The ninth will be the first that includes gathering Mars samples for future return to Earth.
Young Giant Planet Offers Clues to Formation of Exotic Worlds
Jupiter-size planets orbiting close to their stars have upended ideas about how giant planets form. Finding young members of this planet class could help answer key questions.
How NASA's Mars Helicopter Will Reach the Red Planet's Surface
The small craft will seek to prove that powered, controlled flight is possible on another planet. But just getting it onto the surface of Mars will take a whole lot...
NASA's TESS, Spitzer Missions Discover a World Orbiting a Unique Young Star
The newly discovered planet's parent star is still encircled by the disk of material from which both objects formed, giving scientists a glimpse at early planet evolution.
This Hopping Robot Could Explore the Solar System's Icy Moons
SPARROW, a steam-powered robotic concept, could one day take giant leaps over some of the most hazardous terrains known (and unknown) in the solar system.
NASA Extends Deep Space Atomic Clock Mission
Smart phone apps provide nearly instantaneous navigation on Earth; the Deep Space Atomic Clock could do the same for future robotic and human explorers.
Black Hole Collision May Have Exploded With Light
In a first, astronomers may have seen light from the merger of two black holes, providing opportunities to learn about these mysterious dark objects.
VERITAS: Exploring the Deep Truths of Venus
Under consideration to become the next Discovery Program mission, VERITAS would reveal the inner workings of Earth's mysterious "twin."
NASA's ASTER Sees Arizona's Bighorn Fire Burn Scar From Space
From the vantage point of the Terra satellite, the instrument can detect the scarred land that the wildfire, burning north of Tucson, is leaving in its wake.
NASA's InSight Flexes Its Arm While Its 'Mole' Hits Pause
Now that the lander's robotic arm has helped the mole get underground, it will resume science activities that have been on hold.
Curiosity Mars Rover's Summer Road Trip Has Begun
After more than a year in a clay-rich region, Curiosity is making a mile-long journey around some deep sand so that it can explore higher up Mount Sharp.