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Sols 4437-4438: Coordinating our Dance Moves
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Earth planning date: Monday, Jan. 27, 2025 I was Geology and Mineralogy (Geo) Science Team lead today, and my day started with a bang and a drum roll — delivered by a rare winter thunderstorm (rare here in England, at…
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How to Fly NASA’s Orion Spacecraft
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On NASA’s Artemis II test flight, the first crewed mission under the agency’s Artemis campaign, astronauts will take the controls of the Orion spacecraft and periodically fly it manually during the flight around the Moon and back. The mission provides…
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NASA Juno Mission Spots Most Powerful Volcanic Activity on Io to Date
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Even by the standards of Io, the most volcanic celestial body in the solar system, recent events observed on the Jovian moon are extreme. Scientists with NASA’s Juno mission have discovered a volcanic hot spot in the southern hemisphere of…
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