NASA's Cassini spacecraft has sailed seamlessly through the Nov. 21 flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus and started transmitting uncalibrated temperature data and images of the rippling terrain.
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has sailed seamlessly through the Nov. 21 flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus and started transmitting uncalibrated temperature data and images of the rippling terrain.
NASA's planet-hunting Kepler space telescope has earned the 2009 Best of What's New Grand Award from Popular Science and a 2009 Breakthrough Award from Popular Mechanics.
When NASA's Cassini spacecraft began orbiting Saturn five years ago, a dozen highly-tuned science instruments set to work surveying, sniffing, analyzing and scrutinizing the Saturnian system.
A love of astronomy helped one college student set a course for a variety of science internships at JPL.
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This animation demonstrates how the rover will enter, descend and land on the surface of Mars.
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Students used Lego robots to compete on a Mars-like obstacle course during an annual robotics competition at JPL.
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During 2009, we’re celebrating International Year of Astronomy by taking you on a tour of one of the month’s best celestial objects. And this month, it’s Saturn!
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Take a step back in time and see how astronomers like Galileo studied the moon. Longer tease: When you gaze at the moon, you’ll see the same views that enchanted and startled ancient astronomers centuries ago.
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