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What's Up - December 2020
What are some skywatching highlights in December 2020?
NASA and SpaceX Launch U.S.-European Mission to Monitor World’s Ocean
The ocean-observing Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite Family Tree
The joint U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is the next in a line of Earth-observing satellites that will collect the most accurate data yet on sea level and how it changes over time. ...
Preparing to Land Perseverance
To prepare the Perseverance rover for its date with Mars, NASA’s Mars 2020 mission team conducted a wide array of tests to help ensure a successful entry, descent and landing at the Red Plan...
What's Up - November 2020
What are some skywatching highlights in November 2020?
What's Up - October 2020
What are some skywatching highlights in October 2020? Not one, but two, full moons; Mars at opposition; and finding the Andromeda galaxy.
What's Up - September 2020
What are some skywatching highlights in September 2020? Spot the Moon together with Mars and Venus, along with the flickering star Fomalhaut, which had itself a planet...until it didn't!
What's Up - August 2020
What are some skywatching highlights in August 2020? See the Moon posing with various planets throughout the month, plus catch the peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower.
NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Launches With Your #CountdownToMars
To get ready for the launch of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, NASA invited the public to join a global, collective #CountdownToMars project.
NASA's Perseverance Rover Launches to Mars
NASA’s Perseverance Rover began its long journey to Mars today by successfully launching from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on a ULA Atlas V rocket.
Mission Overview: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover
NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover is heading to the Red Planet to search for signs of ancient life, collect samples for future return to Earth and help pave the way for human exploration.
Getting Perseverance to the Launch Pad
In February 2020, NASA’s Perseverance Rover began its long journey to Mars by first traveling across the United States.
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter: The First Aircraft on Mars
NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter will make history's first attempt at powered flight on another planet next spring.
What's Up - July 2020
What's Up for July? How about some moons with those giant planets? Mars after midnight. And are the stars of Mars the same as ours?
What's Up - June 2020
What are some skywatching highlights you can see in June 2020? Look for the Summer Triangle rising in the east after sundown, keep tabs on the morning planets and June 20 brings the solstice. ...
Getting NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover to Launch During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Getting a Mars rover built, tested and to the launch pad is a feat that requires the dedication of hundreds of team members.
Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Sample Caching System
Watch as NASA-JPL engineers test the Sample Caching System on the Perseverance Mars rover.
Shake, Rattle and Roll: Testing NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover
NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover lives up to its name by enduring a series of tests to prepare for its journey to the Red Planet.
Working Remotely: How Astronauts Upgraded a Complex Experiment in Space
By chilling atom clouds to just above absolute zero, or the coldest temperature matter can reach, Cold Atom Lab enables scientists to directly observe unique atomic behaviors.
What's Up - May 2020
What astronomy highlights can you see in the sky in May 2020? Venus, Sirius and the Milky Way. With so many of us staying home these days, here's a look into the sky at dusk and dawn.
Underwater ‘White Smoker’ Vents: Is This Where Life Began?
Where did life originate on Earth? Could the process hold clues for finding life elsewhere?
What's Up - April 2020
What are some astronomy highlights in the sky in April 2020? This month, Venus visits the Pleiades; Mars, Jupiter and Saturn begin their breakup; and we ask, "What is the Moon illusion?"
Curiosity’s 1.8 Billion-Pixel Panorama on Mars
NASA Curiosity Project Scientist Ashwin Vasavada guides this tour of the rover's view of the Martian surface.
What's Up - March 2020
Looking for astronomy highlights for March 2020? This month, early risers enjoy a planetary grouping of Mars, Jupiter and Saturn in the early morning sky.
NASA Advances Plans to Bring Samples Back From Mars
Collecting samples from Mars and bringing them back to Earth is a historic undertaking that starts with the launch of NASA's Mars 2020 rover.
What's Up - February 2020
What are the skywatching highlights of February 2020?
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope: Unveiling the Universe
After 16 years of unveiling the infrared universe, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has left a singular legacy.
NASA's New Planet Tracker, NEID
A new NASA-funded planet-hunting instrument has been installed on the WIYN telescope, on Arizona’s Kitt Peak.
What's Up - January 2020
What are the skywatching highlights of January 2020?
First Drive Test of NASA’s Mars 2020 Rover
On Dec. 17, 2019, engineers took NASA’s next Mars rover for its first spin.
Season Two, Episode 9: Hunting in the Dark for Monsters
Finding black rocks in the darkness of space isn’t easy, but new methods could help spot them all.
Season Two, Episode 8: Diamonds in the Ice
Every year, intrepid Antarctica explorers hunt for space rocks that have fallen to Earth.
What's Up - December 2019
What can you see in the December sky? Beautiful pairings of Venus, Saturn and Mars with the crescent Moon throughout the month, at sunrise and sunset.
Season Two, Episode 7: Planet Asteroid
What's in a name? Whether you call it a planet or an asteroid, missions that explore small worlds are always exciting.
Mars Science Teams Investigate Ancient Life in Australia
Could Mars ever have supported life?
Neptune Moon Dance (animation)
See how the odd orbits Neptune's inner moons Naiad and Thalassa enable them to avoid each other, as they race around the planet. Researchers call it a "dance of avoidance."
Season Two, Episode 6: The Prospects of Heavy Metal
Asteroids, ho! Pioneering space miners dream of Psyche, the largest metal asteroid in the solar system.
Season Two, Episode 5: Catch a Falling Star
Why are missions like OSIRIS-REx bringing pieces of an asteroid back home?
What's Up - November 2019
Highlights of the November sky include how to watch as Mercury transits the Sun.
Season 2, Episode 4 - Deflecting Disaster
Unlike the dinosaurs, we have a space program. There are many ways we could steer an asteroid off its path towards Earth.
Season 2, Episode 3 - Bracing for a Crash
If a big asteroid is heading our way, how does NASA prepare for the oncoming disaster?
Season 2, Episode 2 - Impact!
What happens when a giant asteroid hits Earth?
Season 2, Episode 1 - The Sky is Falling
Earth is in a cosmic shooting gallery. With so many asteroids zipping around, how can we find them all before they find us?
NASA InSight's Robotic Arm Helps Out its Mole on Mars
NASA's InSight lander on Mars is trying to use its robotic arm to get the mission’s heat flow probe, or mole, digging again.
Preview: Season 2, Episode 0
The upcoming season will feature stories of asteroid exploration.
What's Up - October 2019
What can you see in the October sky?
What's Up - September 2019
What's Up for September? Following the crescent Moon, the September equinox and — wait — where did Mars go?
Name NASA's Next Mars Rover!
The Mars 2020 Rover is preparing to launch to the Red Planet in July 2020, but it doesn't have a name yet.
Building NASA’s Mars 2020 Rover
See NASA’s next Mars rover quite literally coming together inside a clean room at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
What's Up - August 2019
In the August sky, look for the "shooting stars" of the annual Perseid meteor shower for some stargazing delights.
Pit Crew for Mars: NASA's Mars 2020 Rover Gets Some Wheels (time lapse)
A team of engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, install the legs and wheels — otherwise known as the mobility suspension — on the Mars 2020 rover.
NASA Climbing Robot Scales Cliffs and Looks for Life
LEMUR belongs to a new generation of robots being built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory that can crawl, walk and even climb rock walls.
What's Up - July 2019
As NASA marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, here are five things to know about the Moon that you can share with others.
Landing NASA's Mars 2020 Rover with Terrain Relative Navigation
The Mars 2020 mission is facing the most challenging landing yet on the Red Planet.
NASA Chopper Ready for a Spin on Mars
Can we fly on Mars? The laws of physics may say it's near impossible, but actually flying a heavier-than-air vehicle on the Red Planet is much harder than that.
NASA InSight: A Plan to Get the Mole Moving Again
NASA InSight scientist/engineer Troy Hudson gives us the game plan for getting the mission's heat probe, also known as the "mole," digging again on Mars.
What's Up - June 2019
What's up in the June sky? Jupiter is at its biggest and brightest, Mercury and Mars appear ultra-close and how you can observe the Moon's tilted orbit.
Stars of Cepheus as Seen by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope
Soar through this cosmic landscape filled with bright nebulas, as well as runaway, massive and young stars.
NASA’s Curiosity Finds Climate Clues on a Martian Mountain
After spending the better part of a year exploring Mars' Vera Rubin Ridge, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has moved to a new part of Mount Sharp.
What's Up - May 2019
What's up in the May sky? A meteor shower produced by debris from Halley's Comet, asteroids named after dinosaurs and a "blue moon" on May 18th.
What's Up - April 2019
What can you see in the April sky? The Moon visits Mars in the evening, and later joins Saturn and Jupiter for a spot of tea. Also, how to find Polaris, the North Star.
NASA's OCO-3: A New View of Carbon
NASA's OCO-3 mission is ready for launch to the International Space Station. This follow-on to OCO-2 brings new techniques and new technologies to carbon dioxide observations of Earth from spa...
What's Up - March 2019
What can you see in the March sky? Jupiter and other planets in the morning, a change of seasons and an open star cluster called the Beehive.
Opportunity: NASA Rover Completes Mars Mission
Drive along with NASA's Opportunity Mars rover and hear the voices of scientists and engineers behind the mission.
What's Up - February 2019
What can you see in the February sky? Stars and planets with distinct red and blue colors, like Mars and Sirius.
Mars Report: December 20, 2018
NASA's InSight has been busy.
Mars 2020 Landing Site: Jezero Crater Flyover
An animated flyover of the Martian surface
Voyager 2 Enters Interstellar Space
Forty-one years after it launched into space, NASA's Voyager 2 probe has exited our solar bubble and entered the region between stars.
Sounds of Mars: NASA's InSight Senses Martian Wind
Listen to Martian wind blow across NASA's InSight lander.
What's Up - December 2018
December brings the Geminids, a visible comet, and a fond farewell.
Episode 7: We are the World
Missions to outer space have come a long way since the days of Cold War competition.
Episode 8: Arrival
InSight is lining up to land on Mars.
Episode 6: Worlds of Wonder
Technology can take you to unexpected places.
Episode 5: Robots Lend a Hand
Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu is in charge of the InSight mission's robotic arm and hand.
Episode 4: A Matter of Life and Death
Earth is a living, dynamic world thanks to volcanoes and the planetary heat that fuels them.
Episode 3: True Grit on the Road to Mars
Space missions often defy the odds, overcoming all obstacles. The people who work on these missions also face challenges to get where they are today.
Episode 1: Getting to Mars is Hard
Many spacecraft have died trying to get to Mars. The current record for Mars missions is 18 successes, and 25 failures. The InSight mission hopes to improve the odds.
Episode 2: Music of the Spheres
The Earth "rings" when earthquakes strike, just as vibrations through a bell create a ringing sound. The InSight mission will see if tremors cause Mars to chime with its own planetary song.
What's Up - November 2018
November brings planets, an asteroid, a comet and the Leonids
InSight Landing on Mars
When NASA's InSight descends to the Red Planet on Nov. 26, 2018, it is guaranteed to be a white-knuckle event.
Crazy Engineering: Space Claw
When NASA's InSight lands on Mars, it will be the first mission on another planet to use a robotic arm to grasp instruments and place them on the surface.
Mars in a Minute: How Do You Choose a Landing Site?
So, you want to study Mars with a lander or rover – but where exactly do you send it?
OnSight: Virtual Visit to Mars
OnSight is mixed-reality software that allows scientists and engineers to virtually walk and meet on Mars.
What's Up - October 2018
Celebrate International Observe the Moon Night with your local astronomy club.
OMG Mission Video
Join JPL scientist Josh Willis as he and the NASA Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) team work to understand the role that ocean water plays in melting Greenland's glaciers.
Dusk for Dawn: NASA Mission to the Asteroid Belt
NASA's Dawn spacecraft turned science fiction into science fact by using ion propulsion to explore the two largest bodies in the main asteroid belt, Vesta and Ceres.
What's Up - September 2018
September nights! Planets bright! Milky Way sights!!
Mars in a Minute: How Did Mars Get Such Enormous Mountains
Why are the tallest peaks in the solar system found on one of its smallest worlds? Like any planet, how Mars looks outside is tied to what goes on inside.
15 Years in Space: Spitzer Space Telescope
Initially scheduled for a 2.5-year primary mission, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has gone far beyond its expected lifetime -- and is still going strong after 15 years.
Mars Report: August 20 2018
What's the latest news from Mars?
What's Up - August 2018
Dark moonless nights for the summer Perseid Meteor Shower!
Rare Double Asteroid Revealed
Three of the world's largest radio telescopes team up to reveal two objects orbiting each other
Sounds of Saturn: Hear Radio Emissions of the Planet and Its Moon Enceladus
New research from the up-close Grand Finale orbits of NASA's Cassini mission shows a surprisingly powerful interaction of plasma waves moving from Saturn to its moon Enceladus.
NASA Mars Report: July 3, 2018
A dust storm continues to envelop the Red Planet and Curiosity's labs are back in action.
What's Up - July 2018
July's night skies feature Mars opposition on the 27th, when Mars, Earth, and the Sun all line up, and Mars' closest approach to Earth since 2003 on the 31st.
Monitoring Plant Health from Space: The ECOSTRESS Mission
ECOSTRESS is a new NASA Earth science mission to study how effectively plants use water by measuring their temperature from space.
What's Up - June 2018
What's up in the night sky this month? Enjoy a ringside seat for Saturn, plus a night long parade featuring Venus, Jupiter, Mars and Vesta!
Mars Report: May 24, 2018
What's the latest news from Mars?
Crazy Engineering: GRACE-FO
Crazy Engineering sees double! Twin satellites that will track water movement on Earth and test a new laser measurement technology.
What's Up - May 2018
The moon and Saturn meet Mars in the morning as NASA's Insight spacecraft launches to the red planet on May 5.