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New Views Show Old NASA Mars Landers
–> The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter recorded a scene on Jan. 29, 2012, that includes the first color image from orbit showing the three-petal lander of NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit mission. Spirit drove off that lander platform in January 2004 and spent
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Spacecraft Computer Issue Resolved
–> Mars Science Laboratory Mission Status Report PASADENA, Calif. — Engineers have found the root cause of a computer reset that occurred two months ago on NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory and have determined how to correct it. The fix involves changing how certain unused data-holding
NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer in Standby Mode
–> NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer, or Galex, was placed in standby mode today as engineers prepare to end mission operations, nearly nine years after the telescope’s launch. The spacecraft is scheduled to be decommissioned — taken out of service — later this year. The
NASA Mission Takes Stock of Earths Melting Land Ice
–> PASADENA, Calif. – In the first comprehensive satellite study of its kind, a University of Colorado at Boulder-led team used NASA data to calculate how much Earth’s melting land ice is adding to global sea level rise. Using satellite measurements from the NASA/German Aerospace
Mars-Bound NASA Rover Carries Coin for Camera Checkup
–> The camera at the end of the robotic arm on NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has its own calibration target, a smartphone-size plaque that looks like an eye chart supplemented with color chips and an attached penny. When Curiosity lands on Mars in August, researchers will use this calibration
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Refines its Path to Jupiter
–> Juno Mission Status Report PASADENA, Calif. — NASA’s solar-powered Juno spacecraft successfully refined its flight path Wednesday with the mission’s first trajectory correction maneuver. The maneuver took place on Feb. 1. It is the first of a dozen planned rocket firings
NASA Mission Returns First Video From Moon’s Far Side
–> PASADENA, Calif. — A camera aboard one of NASA’s twin Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) lunar spacecraft has returned its first unique view of the far side of the moon. MoonKAM, or Moon Knowledge Acquired by Middle school students, will be used by students nationwide
NuSTAR Spacecraft Arrives in California
–> NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, mission arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California this morning after a cross-country trip by truck from the Orbital Sciences Corporation’s manufacturing plant in Dulles, Va. The mission is scheduled to launch from
Mars–Bound Instrument Detects Solar Burst’s Effects
–> The largest solar particle event since 2005 has been detected by the radiation- monitoring instrument aboard the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft, on its way from Earth to Mars. The Radiation Assessment Detector, inside the mission’s Curiosity rover tucked inside the spacecraft, is
NASA Study Solves Case of Earth’s ‘Missing Energy’
–> Two years ago, scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., released a study claiming that inconsistencies between satellite observations of Earth’s heat and measurements of ocean heating amounted to evidence of “missing energy” in the planet’s