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NASA TEMPO Satellite to Continue Tracking Pollution Hourly from Space Until 2026
TEMPO, a collaborative space mission by NASA, NOAA, and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, is transforming air quality tracking across North America. Since 2023, it has delivered hourly, high-resolution pollution data from space, aiding researchers, health officials, and the public.
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NASA’s PRIME-1 Mission to Study Lunar Ice and Advance Moon Exploration
NASA’s PRIME-1 mission, set to launch on Intuitive Machines’ Athena lander, will explore lunar ice and subsurface materials at Mons Mouton near the Moon’s South Pole. The mission features the TRIDENT drill, which will extract soil samples up to one meter deep, and the MSOLO spectrometer, which will analyze gases released from these samples to...
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Chinese Lunar Rover Yutu Discovers New Type of Moon Rock
Chinese lunar rover Yutu has discovered new volcanic rocks on Moon unlike those returned by Apollo and Luna missions, offering tantalising clues to the period of lunar volcanism.
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NASA Astronauts Kick Off Spacewalk for Upgrades at International Space Station
Two NASA astronauts stepped out on a spacewalk today for upgrades and maintenance at the orbiting International Space Station, the US space agency said.
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On the Road to Mars Water Find, was Death Metal, Long Hair
A mad passion for science - and to some extent his mother - made him swap his long locks and full-time death metal guitar-strumming, for the pursuit of finding water on Mars, 25-year-old Lujendra "Luju" Ojha says.
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NASA's Mercury Mission Given Last Lease of Life
NASA engineers have lifted the orbit of the Mercury probe - currently operating on an extended mission and almost out of fuel - and delayed its inevitable impact into Mercury's surface by up to a month.
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NASA TEMPO Satellite to Continue Tracking Pollution Hourly from Space Until 2026
TEMPO, a collaborative space mission by NASA, NOAA, and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, is transforming air quality tracking across North America. Since 2023, it has delivered hourly, high-resolution pollution data from space, aiding researchers, health officials, and the public.
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NASA’s PRIME-1 Mission to Study Lunar Ice and Advance Moon Exploration
NASA’s PRIME-1 mission, set to launch on Intuitive Machines’ Athena lander, will explore lunar ice and subsurface materials at Mons Mouton near the Moon’s South Pole. The mission features the TRIDENT drill, which will extract soil samples up to one meter deep, and the MSOLO spectrometer, which will analyze gases released from these samples to...
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Chinese Lunar Rover Yutu Discovers New Type of Moon Rock
Chinese lunar rover Yutu has discovered new volcanic rocks on Moon unlike those returned by Apollo and Luna missions, offering tantalising clues to the period of lunar volcanism.
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NASA Astronauts Kick Off Spacewalk for Upgrades at International Space Station
Two NASA astronauts stepped out on a spacewalk today for upgrades and maintenance at the orbiting International Space Station, the US space agency said.
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On the Road to Mars Water Find, was Death Metal, Long Hair
A mad passion for science - and to some extent his mother - made him swap his long locks and full-time death metal guitar-strumming, for the pursuit of finding water on Mars, 25-year-old Lujendra "Luju" Ojha says.
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NASA's Mercury Mission Given Last Lease of Life
NASA engineers have lifted the orbit of the Mercury probe - currently operating on an extended mission and almost out of fuel - and delayed its inevitable impact into Mercury's surface by up to a month.
