Scientists on NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) mission have discovered a key piece of the puzzle in understanding certain types of auroras on Mars, discovering that they form similarly to terrestrial auroras.Results published Thursday in Nature Communications show that the same mechanism that circulates and catapults charged particles into Earth’s atmosphere is happening
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Crews at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans transport the 130-foot-tall Artemis IV liquid hydrogen tank from a production cell inside the main factory building to a separate test building on a separate part of the 829-acre site on May 15, 2026. The liquid hydrogen tank will form part of the core stage of
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After eight months aboard the International Space Station for his first mission, NASA astronaut Chris Williams is preparing to return to Earth. During his assignment, Williams contributed to research into new cancer treatments, advanced the production of materials to improve computers and electronics, ventured into the vacuum of space to complete two spacewalks, and much
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What do you do after you’ve been to the Moon and back? If you are the astronauts of NASA’s Artemis II mission, you can meet the president of the United States and the Canadian prime minister, and even talk show host Oprah Winfrey. The Artemis II flight in April captured the world’s attention when four
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