Nasa Solar Mission

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  Study Reveals NASA Spacecraft Crash Altered Path Of Asteroid Pair Around The Sun

  In September 2022, as part of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, a spacecraft collided with the small satellite of the asteroid Dimorphos.

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  NASA’s Carruthers Observatory Begins Mission to Study Earth’s Hydrogen Halo

  NASA’s Carruthers Observatory has begun its two-year science mission to study Earth’s hydrogen-rich exosphere from a halo orbit at Sun–Earth L1. Equipped with ultraviolet cameras, the small satellite will continuously image the faint geocorona, tracking how solar storms and fast solar wind streams cause the upper atmosphere to expand, contrac...

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  NASA’s ESCAPADE Mission to Study Space Weather Between Earth and Mars

  NASA’s ESCAPADE mission will send two identical orbiters to Mars to study how solar wind and space weather strip away the planet’s atmosphere. Launching in 2025 and arriving in 2027, the twin spacecraft will measure solar wind conditions and Mars’s atmospheric response simultaneously, helping scientists understand how the Red Planet lost its ...

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  NASA Scientists Plan To Conduct 'CT Scan' 0f Breathtaking Auroras. Here's Why

  NASA confirmed that the rockets would deploy four subpayloads to collect data on electron flow and plasma density.

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  NASA’s GNEISS Mission Will Map Electric Currents Behind the Aurora

  NASA’s GNEISS mission will launch from Alaska in early 2026 to probe the electric currents that drive auroras. Two rockets will fly through glowing auroral arcs, releasing sub-payloads whose radio signals act like a CT scan. By mapping electron density and direction, scientists aim to improve space weather forecasting and better protect satellite...

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  NASA’s GNEISS Mission Will Map Electric Currents Behind the Aurora

  NASA’s GNEISS mission will launch from Alaska in early 2026 to probe the electric currents that drive auroras. Two rockets will fly through glowing auroral arcs, releasing sub-payloads whose radio signals act like a CT scan. By mapping electron density and direction, scientists aim to improve space weather forecasting and better protect satellite...

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  NASA Races to Restore Contact With MAVEN Mars Orbiter After Weeks of Silence

  NASA has resumed efforts to reestablish contact with the MAVEN spacecraft after Mars emerged from solar conjunction. Engineers are using the Deep Space Network and studying recovered data from December 6 to determine what caused the communication loss and assess the spacecraft’s condition.

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  NASA’s PUNCH Watches Comet Lemmon Respond to the Sun’s Powerful Influence

  NASA’s PUNCH mission has captured striking views of Comet Lemmon as it passed close to the Sun in late 2025. The observations show how solar wind and eruptions reshape a comet’s tail, sometimes causing it to break and regrow. The images provide valuable insight into how solar activity affects objects across the inner solar system.

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  NASA’s PUNCH Mission Provides First Continuous Views of Solar Eruptions Across Space

  NASA’s PUNCH mission released images tracking solar eruptions from the Sun’s corona into interplanetary space. The data reveals CMEs and solar wind dynamics and supports better space weather forecasting for Earth and beyond.

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  NASA Loses Contact With MAVEN Mars Orbiter After 11-Year Mission: "Loss Of Signal"

  Maven, launched in 2013, entered Mars' orbit in September 2014 to study the upper atmosphere and its interaction with the solar wind.