Historically, Castle Valley in central Utah has been a coal center, with active mining operations on the slopes of the Wasatch Plateau to the west since the late 19th century. A different energy development came to the region in June 2026, when a large solar and battery storage plant came online in the sunny valley
Written by Lucy Thompson, Senior Research Scientist, University of New Brunswick, Canada Ground planning date: Friday, July 27, 2026 As the APXS uplink leader and strategic planner, I have the privilege of working with the rover engineers most days I am in operations. The APXS instrument measures the chemistry of rocks, unconsolidated materials and the
Continuing the agency’s efforts to bring space closer to home, NASA+ is headed to more streaming platforms. On Thursday, NASA announced that its programming is on Fire TV channels. Fire TV customers can easily access this content by requesting it from Alexa+ on compatible devices. Future programming on Fire TV may include science mission launches,
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
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
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