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By Rick Smith

An experiment on the Moon’s surface that will study yeast’s biological response to the lunar environment to help understand and mitigate health risks for

The decision to expand New Horizons' mission to explore a potential object in the Kuiper Belt, and not just the Sun, comes as a great relief to scientists.

By Wayne Smith

The JPL-led international team used the island as a stand-in for Venus to test radar technologies that will help uncover the planet’s ground truth. With its crushing atmospheric pressure, clouds of sulfuric acid, and searing surface temperature, Venus is an especially challenging place to study.

The spacecraft’s Lunar Thermal Mapper science instrument will work with an imaging spectrometer to help researchers understand the nature of water on the Moon’s surface. NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft is nearing completion with the integration of its final cutting-edge science instrument. Th

Tempe AZ (SPX) Aug 04, 2023 - NASAs LunaH-Map (Lunar Polar Hydrogen Mapper) mission, a briefcase-sized lunar orbiter that launched as a ride share on NASAs Artemis I mission last year, has ceased operations after successfully

/PRNewswire/ -- Members of the public are invited to add their names to an original poem dedicated to NASAs Europa Clipper mission before the spacecraft...

Members of the public are invited to add their names to an original poem dedicated to NASA’s Europa Clipper mission before the spacecraft begins its journey.

Quakes could be the source of the mysteriously smooth terrain on the moons circling Jupiter and Saturn, according to a new study.