Information from the PREFIRE mission will illuminate how clouds and water vapor in the Arctic and Antarctic influence the amount of heat the poles radiate into space. .
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NASA to Measure Moonquakes With Help From InSight Mars Mission
The technology behind the two seismometers that make up NASA’s Farside Seismic Suite was used to detect more than a thousand Red Planet quakes. .
Launch Date Set for NASA’s Second PREFIRE Satellite
Data from the mission will improve our understanding of how the Arctic and Antarctic help to regulate Earth’s climate. .
Ongoing Venus Volcanic Activity Discovered With NASA’s Magellan Data
An analysis of data from Magellan’s radar finds two volcanoes erupted in the early 1990s. This adds to the 2023 discovery of a different active volcano in Magellan data. .
NASA Launches Small Climate Satellite to Study Earth’s Poles
The PREFIRE mission will gather data on how much heat the Arctic and Antarctica radiate into space and how this influences global climate. .
NASA’s Europa Clipper Makes Cross-Country Flight to Florida
Assembled at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, the spacecraft arrived at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 23 for launch preparations. .
New Images From Euclid Mission Reveal Wide View of the Dark Universe
With NASA contributions, the mission will complement dark energy studies to be made by the agency’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. .
NASA’s Psyche Fires Up Its Sci-Fi-Worthy Thrusters
The spacecraft already is beyond the distance of Mars and is using ion propulsion to accelerate toward a metal-rich asteroid, where it will orbit and collect science data. .
NASA Tool Gets Ready to Image Faraway Planets
A technology demo on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help increase the variety of distant planets scientists can directly image. .
5 Things to Know About NASA’s Tiny Twin Polar Satellites
Called PREFIRE, this CubeSat duo will boost our understanding of how much heat Earth’s polar regions radiate out to space and how that influences our climate. .
