PDS Release 52 of MER Data
The Planetary Data System (PDS) is pleased to announce Release 52 of Mars Exploration Rover data. This release includes data primarily from Sols 4501 through 4590, rover Opportunity (MER1/B), instruments: […]
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Lunar and Planetary Information Bulletin Issue No. 145 Now Available!
LUNAR AND PLANETARY INFORMATION BULLETIN ISSUE #145 June 2016 Now available on the LPI’s website at www.lpi.usra.edu/lpib Download eBook version http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/newsletters/lpib/e-book/ Features in this issue include: NASA’s Juno Mission: […]
Second Community Announcement Regarding New Frontiers Program Announcement of Opportunity
This second community announcement about the fourth New Frontiers Announcement of Opportunity (AO) provides information about the science objectives for the six mission themes listed in the first community announcement. […]
Ceres: Dispatches from a Dwarf Planet
Ceres: Dispatches from a Dwarf Planet Tuesday, March 22, 12:00 noon CDT (1:00 p.m. EDT, GMT –5) to 1:00 p.m. CDT (2:00 p.m. EDT, GMT –5) The Woodlands Room Recorded session only Description: NASA’s Dawn mission […]
New Horizons: Peering Into Pluto’s Past
New Horizons: Peering Into Pluto’s Past Monday, March 21, 12:00 noon CDT (1:00 p.m. EDT, GMT –5) to 1:00 p.m. CDT (2:00 p.m. EDT, GMT –5) Waterway Ballroom 1 Watch LIve Panelists: Jim Green (NASA Headquarters), Introduction, […]
Saturn’s Geyser Moon Shines in Close Flyby Views
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has begun transmitting its latest images of Saturn’s icy, geologically active moon Enceladus, acquired during the dramatic Oct. 28 flyby in which the probe passed about 30 […]
A Full View of Pluto’s Stunning Crescent
In September, the New Horizons team released a stunning but incomplete image of Pluto’s crescent. Thanks to new processing work by the science team, New Horizons is releasing the entire, […]
New Horizons Publishes First Research Paper in ‘Science,’ Describing Numerous Pluto System Findings
From Pluto’s unusual heart-shaped region to its extended atmosphere and intriguing moons, New Horizons has revealed a degree of diversity and complexity in the Pluto system that few expected in […]
Rosetta’s First Peek at the Comet’s Dark Side
Since its arrival at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft has been surveying the surface and the environment of this curiously shaped body. But for a long time, […]
Pluto’s Big Moon Charon Reveals a Colorful and Violent History
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has returned the best color and the highest resolution images yet of Pluto’s largest moon, Charon – and these pictures show a surprisingly complex and violent […]
MAVEN public datasets released in August 2015
The MAVEN Science Data Center is pleased to announce the availability of the following MAVEN datasets: IUVS, NGIMS, EUV, STATIC, SWIA, SWEA, MAG, in situ Key Parameters, and ancillary data. […]
Cameras Delivered for NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission as Launch Prep Continues
The first U.S. mission to return samples of an asteroid to Earth is another step closer to its fall 2016 launch, with the delivery of three cameras that will image […]
Dawn Sends Sharper Scenes from Ceres
The closest-yet views of Ceres, delivered by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, show the small world’s features in unprecedented detail, including Ceres’ tall, conical mountain; crater formation features and narrow, braided fractures. […]
One Decade After Launch, Mars Orbiter Still Going Strong
Ten years after launch, NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has revealed the Red Planet’s diversity and activity, returning more data about Mars every week than the weekly total from all […]
NASA’s Europa Mission Team Joins Forces for the First Time
They’re united by a lofty goal — to investigate whether Jupiter’s moon Europa could harbor primitive life under its icy shell. Last week, a team of scientists and engineers for […]
From Mountains to Moons: Multiple Discoveries from NASA’s New Horizons Pluto Mission
Icy mountains on Pluto and a new, crisp view of its largest moon, Charon, are among the several discoveries announced Wednesday by NASA’s New Horizons team, just one day after […]
NASA’s Kepler Mission Discovers Bigger, Older Cousin to Earth
NASA’s Kepler mission has confirmed the first near-Earth-size planet in the “habitable zone” around a sun-like star. This discovery and the introduction of 11 other new small habitable zone candidate […]
NASA’s New Horizons ‘Phones Home’ Safe after Pluto Flyby
The call everyone was waiting for is in. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft phoned home just before 9 p.m. EDT Tuesday to tell the mission team and the world it had […]
NASA’s Three-Billion-Mile Journey to Pluto Reaches Historic Encounter
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is at Pluto. After a decade-long journey through our solar system, New Horizons made its closest approach to Pluto Tuesday, about 7,750 miles above the surface […]
NASA Missions Have Their Eyes Peeled on Pluto
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is speeding towards the edge of our solar system for a July 14 flyby of Pluto. It won’t be making observations alone; NASA’s fleet of observatories […]