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NASA’s Curiosity Finds Organic Molecules Never Seen Before on Mars

https://www.nasa.gov/missions/mars-science-laboratory/curiosity-rover/nasas-curiosity-finds-organic-molecules-never-seen-before-on-mars

A similar instrument, the Dragonfly Mass Spectrometer, will explore Saturn's moon Titan on NASA's Dragonfly rotorcraft. Both instruments will be able to ... April 21, 2026

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Curiosity Science Instruments

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Cameras · Mastcam · Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) · Mars Descent Imager (MARDI) · Spectrometers · Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer (APXS) · Chemistry & Camera ( ... June 6, 2013

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Spectroscopy 101 – Light and Matter - NASA Science

https://science.nasa.gov/mission/webb/science-overview/science-explainers/spectroscopy-101-light-and-matter

Mechanical waves need matter in order to propagate, but light waves can travel through completely empty space as well as through matter. (If the idea of ... June 18, 2025

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Perseverance Science Instruments

https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mars-2020-perseverance/science-instruments

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera to capture this rocky hilltop nicknamed “Rockytop” on July 24, 2022, the 507th Martian day, or sol, of ... June 14, 2023

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CDA Engineering Technical Write-up - NASA Science

https://science.nasa.gov/mission/cassini/spacecraft/cassini-orbiter/cosmic-dust-analyzer/cda-technical-write-up

Cassini Plasma Spectrometer (CAPS) · Cosmic Dust Analyzer (CDA) · Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer (INMS) · Magnetometer (MAG) · Magnetospheric Imaging ... May 12, 2020

NESC News - NASA

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Bessirebrody.k.bessire@nasa.gov Download PDF: Insights into Spallation Mechanisms of Thermal Protection System Materials from Mass Spectrometry and HyMETS ...

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NASA Awards Prizes to Six Startup Companies in Entrepreneur’s Challenge

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-awards-prizes-to-six-startup-companies-in-entrepreneurs-challenge

Advanced mass spectrometry for detection of the elements necessary for life ... “As technologies for the mass spectrometers mature for flight, these could be game ... December 8, 2020

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2023 SARP West Final Research Presentation Abstracts - NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/general/2023-sarp-west-final-research-presentation-abstracts

... Mass Spectrometry (PALMS) instrument and Proton Transfer Reaction-Mass Spectrometer (PTR-MS), respectively. With the increase in lake surface area, the ... August 22, 2023

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CIRS Engineering Technical Write-up - NASA Science

https://science.nasa.gov/mission/cassini/spacecraft/cassini-orbiter/composite-infrared-spectrometer/cirs-tech

Cassini Plasma Spectrometer (CAPS) · Cosmic Dust Analyzer (CDA) · Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer (INMS) · Magnetometer (MAG) · Magnetospheric Imaging ... May 12, 2020

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Europa Clipper Mission Science

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Scheduled to launch in October 2024, Europa Clipper's main science goal is to determine whether there are places below the surface of Jupiter's icy moon, Europa ... August 10, 2023

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Spectroscopy 101 – Beyond Temperature and Composition - NASA Science

https://science.nasa.gov/mission/webb/science-overview/science-explainers/spectroscopy-101-beyond-temperature-and-composition

Cosmological Redshift. The light from most galaxies is redshifted as a result of the expansion of space over time. The farther away a galaxy is, the more it is ... June 23, 2025

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Farid Salama - NASA

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... mass spectrometry in order to produce and to study and characterize interstellar and planetary analogs. The spectra generated in the laboratory are compared ... August 3, 2023

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NASA, JAXA XRISM Mission Looks Deeply Into ‘Hidden’ Stellar System

https://science.nasa.gov/missions/xrism/nasa-jaxa-xrism-mission-looks-deeply-into-hidden-stellar-system

Cygnus X-3 is a high-mass binary consisting of a ... Observing Cygnus X-3 for 18 hours in late March, Resolve acquired a high-resolution spectrum that allows ... July 8, 2021

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The Titan Haze Simulation Experiment on COSmIC - NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/general/the-titan-haze-simulation-experiment-on-cosmic

... spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and x-ray absorption near edge structure spectroscopy. This landscape of “mountains” and “valleys” speckled with glittering ... August 11, 2020

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Ella M. Sciamma-O’Brien - NASA

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... mass spectrometry, infrared absorption spectroscopy, scanning electron ... mass spectrometry, secondary ion mass spectrometry, spectroscopic ellipsometry). August 17, 2023

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Florence Tan - To Know Her Family Is to Know Her - NASA

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I build electronics for mass spectrometers at Goddard. A mass spectrometer is like a nose. It sniffs out the constituent components of a gaseous sample, which ... February 21, 2017

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Hubble Spectroscopy - NASA Science

https://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/science/science-behind-the-discoveries/hubble-spectroscopy

... elements in the Southern Crab Nebula. ... By examining a galaxy's spectrum, we can learn about the ages of its stars, its star-formation history, how many heavy ... July 7, 2023

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Free Samples - NASA Science

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Several other worlds in the solar system are thought to have liquid water oceans beneath their frozen surfaces, but none give away free samples like ... June 6, 2011

PICASSO - NASA

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A high-resolution, large mass range cycloidal sector coded aperture miniature mass spectrometer for planetary exploration. Instrument. Mass Spectrometry. All ...

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NIRSpec - NASA Science

https://science.nasa.gov/mission/webb/nirspec

... mass, and chemical composition. The atoms and ... Spectroscopy and spectrometry (the sciences of ... Time-series Spectroscopy : involves capturing the spectrum ... November 14, 2022

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NASA’s Curiosity Finds Organic Molecules Never Seen Before on Mars

Curiosity Science Instruments

Spectroscopy 101 – Light and Matter - NASA Science

Perseverance Science Instruments

CDA Engineering Technical Write-up - NASA Science

NESC News - NASA

NASA Awards Prizes to Six Startup Companies in Entrepreneur’s Challenge

2023 SARP West Final Research Presentation Abstracts - NASA

CIRS Engineering Technical Write-up - NASA Science

Europa Clipper Mission Science

Spectroscopy 101 – Beyond Temperature and Composition - NASA Science

Farid Salama - NASA

NASA, JAXA XRISM Mission Looks Deeply Into ‘Hidden’ Stellar System

The Titan Haze Simulation Experiment on COSmIC - NASA

Ella M. Sciamma-O’Brien - NASA