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A Revolutionary Approach to Interplanetary Space Travel: Studying Torpor in Animals for Space-health in Humans (STASH) - NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/general/studying-torpor-in-animals-for-space-health-in-humans

Ryan Sprenger Fauna Bio Inc. Squirrel sleeping in a hibernation chamber. Infrared photograph of a hibernating ground squirrel through an open side cap of ...

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NASA’s New Horizons Enters Mission’s Longest Hibernation Period

https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/new-horizons/2025/08/22/nasas-new-horizons-enters-missions-longest-hibernation-period

Hibernation is a way to extend spacecraft life and reduce mission operations costs. During hibernation, New Horizons remains in a stable spinning mode with much ...

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Could NASA’s Studies on Hibernating Squirrels Help Astronauts?

https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/armstrong/could-nasas-studies-on-hibernating-squirrels-help-astronauts

Senior biology major Colleen Bue assists Professor Kelly Drew with her research involving hibernating ground squirrels in Drew's lab in the Irving Building.

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New Horizons Wakes Up on Pluto's Doorstep - NASA Science

https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/planetary-science/07dec_plutosdoorstep

During hibernation mode, much of the New Horizons spacecraft was unpowered. The onboard flight computer monitored system health and broadcast a weekly beacon- ...

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Hibernation Over, New Horizons Continues Its Kuiper Belt Cruise - NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/missions/new-horizons/hibernation-over-new-horizons-continues-its-kuiper-belt-cruise

Signals confirming that New Horizons had executed on-board computer commands to exit hibernation reached mission operations at the Johns Hopkins Applied ...

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Nap Time for New Horizons: NASA Spacecraft Enters Hibernation

https://science.nasa.gov/photojournal/nap-time-for-new-horizons-nasa-spacecraft-enters-hibernation

This is an overhead view of NASA's New Horizons full trajectory; the spacecraft has entered a hibernation phase on April 7 that will last until early ...

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Huge Spring Storms Rouse Uranus from Winter Hibernation - NASA Science

https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/huge-spring-storms-rouse-uranus-from-winter-hibernation

This appears to be causing the atmosphere to come out of a frigid hibernation and stir back to life. Uranus does not have a solid surface, but is instead a ...

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Hibernia: The Land of Winter - NASA Science

https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/hibernia-the-land-of-winter-152249

The Romans likely picked up on the similarity between this Greek form of the name and the Latin word hibernus, meaning wintry. (Think “hibernate” and “ ...

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Advancing Torpor Inducing Transfer Habitats for Human Stasis to Mars - NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/general/advancing-torpor-inducing-transfer-habitats-for-human-stasis-to-mars

SpaceWorks proposes the development of an advanced habitat system for transporting crews between the Earth and Mars. This new and innovative habitat design ...

New Horizons Archives - NASA Science

https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/new-horizons

Currently, the spacecraft is hibernating while the mission team plans the MU69 flyby. During hibernation, three of the instruments on New Horizons—SWAP, PEPSSI ...

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No Sleeping Back on Earth! - NASA Science

https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/new-horizons/2017/04/28/no-sleeping-back-on-earth

Three weeks ago we put our New Horizons spacecraft into hibernation mode, the first time we'd done that since late 2014, before the Pluto flyby. By coincidence, ...

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New Horizons

https://science.nasa.gov/mission/new-horizons

It was the first mission in NASA's New Frontiers program ... Pictures of Pluto began to reveal distinct features by April 29, 2015, with detail increasing week by ...

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InSight Is Meeting the Challenge of Winter on Dusty Mars - NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/jpl/insight-is-meeting-the-challenge-of-winter-on-dusty-mars

As dust collects on the solar panels and winter comes to Elysium Planitia, the team is following a plan to reduce science operations in order to keep the.

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Overwintering Fires on the Rise - NASA Science

https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/overwintering-fires-on-the-rise-148342

Zombie fires, holdover fires, hibernating fires, or overwintering fires: Whatever you choose to call them, you're probably going to hear a lot more about them ...

New Horizons

https://science.nasa.gov/mission/new-horizons

After the Jupiter encounter, New Horizons sped toward the Kuiper Belt, performing a course correction on Sept. 25, 2007. The spacecraft was put in hibernation ...

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Warm Autumn Hues on Kodiak Island - NASA Science

https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/warm-autumn-hues-on-kodiak-island-151935

The Alaskan tundra puts on a fleeting display of color before the snows fall and bears hibernate.

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NEOWISE Opens its Eyes - NASA Science

https://science.nasa.gov/photojournal/neowise-opens-its-eyes

This is one of the first images captured by the revived NEOWISE mission, after more than two years of hibernation. It shows a patch of sky in the ...

New Horizons Archives - NASA Science

https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/new-horizons/2017/04

Three weeks ago we put our New Horizons spacecraft into hibernation mode, the first time we'd done that since late 2014, before the Pluto flyby. By ...

Blogs - Page 21 of 1228 - NASA Science

https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/page/21

... hibernation phase of its mission. At 4:12 a.m. EDT on Aug. 7, flight controllers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland ...

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Summary of the 2025 GEDI Science Team Meeting

https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/earth-science/summary-of-the-2025-gedi-science-team-meeting

Additional ongoing mission team efforts include advancing waveform processing, developing gridded products tailored to end-user needs, understanding error and ...

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A Revolutionary Approach to Interplanetary Space Travel: Studying Torpor in Animals for Space-health in Humans (STASH) - NASA

NASA’s New Horizons Enters Mission’s Longest Hibernation Period

Could NASA’s Studies on Hibernating Squirrels Help Astronauts?

New Horizons Wakes Up on Pluto's Doorstep - NASA Science

Hibernation Over, New Horizons Continues Its Kuiper Belt Cruise - NASA

Nap Time for New Horizons: NASA Spacecraft Enters Hibernation

Huge Spring Storms Rouse Uranus from Winter Hibernation - NASA Science

Hibernia: The Land of Winter - NASA Science

Advancing Torpor Inducing Transfer Habitats for Human Stasis to Mars - NASA

New Horizons Archives - NASA Science

No Sleeping Back on Earth! - NASA Science

New Horizons

InSight Is Meeting the Challenge of Winter on Dusty Mars - NASA

Overwintering Fires on the Rise - NASA Science

New Horizons