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    NASA’s Dragonfly Mission Begins Rotorcraft Integration, Testing Stage

    NASA Dragonfly’s integration and testing – the activities involved in assembling the mission’s rotorcraft lander and testing it for the rigors of launch and extreme conditions of space – is officially underway in clean rooms and control rooms at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland. In partnership with teams across government, […]

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    How NASA’s Webb Helped Rule Out Asteroid’s Chance of 2032 Lunar Impact

    Editor’s Note: This post highlights data from Webb science in progress, which has not yet been through the peer-review process. These results were reported as part of NASA’s role in the International Asteroid Warning Network. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope recently made new observations of the asteroid 2024 YR4, which we already knew poses no […]

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    Japan Spacecraft Departing Station Soon on NASA+

    The new HTV-X1 cargo spacecraft from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), carrying about 12,800 pounds of science, supplies, and hardware for the Expedition 73 crew, is pictured in the grip of the Canadarm2 robotic arm. JAXA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Kimiya Yui (not pictured) commanded Canadarm2 to gently reach out and capture HTV-X1 when the spacecraft reached a point about 10 meters away from the International Space Station.

    NASA’s live coverage of the departure of JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s) uncrewed HTV-X1 cargo spacecraft from the International Space Station is underway on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and the agency’s YouTube channel.  

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    Canadarm2 Grips Cargo Spacecraft, Spacewalk Prep and Biology Continue

    The new HTV-X1 cargo spacecraft from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) is pictured in the grips of the Canadarm2 robotic arm after completing its arrival at the International Space Station. The spacecraft launched four days earlier from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan carrying approximately 12,800 pounds of science, supplies, and hardware for the Expedition 73 crew.

    A JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) cargo spacecraft is in the grasp of the Canadarm2 robotic arm following its detachment from the International Space Station’s Harmony module on Thursday. The Expedition 74 crew continued its spacewalk preparations, transferred more cargo, and conducted biology research throughout the day.

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    New NASA Asteroid Observations Eliminate Chance of 2032 Lunar Impact

    Using data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope observations collected on Feb. 18 and 26, experts from NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California have refined near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4’s orbit and are ruling out a chance of lunar impact on Dec. 22, 2032. With the new […]

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    NASA Anomaly Review Board Investigates MAVEN Loss of Signal

    A NASA anomaly review board, convened in mid-February, is evaluating the recovery efforts undertaken for the agency’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) spacecraft orbiting Mars. The spacecraft was last heard from on Dec. 6. The board also will assess the probable current state of the spacecraft and the likelihood of its recovery.

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