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NASA: New Insights into How Mars Became Uninhabitable

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NASA’s Curiosity rover, currently exploring Gale crater on Mars, is providing new details about how the ancient Martian climate went from potentially suitable for life – with evidence for widespread liquid water on the surface – to a surface that…

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Cobertura de la NASA del lanzamiento de Europa Clipper a una luna de Júpiter

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Nota del editor: Esta nota se actualizó el 4 de octubre de 2024 para reflejar un cambio en los participantes del panel del NASA Social. Read this release in English here. La NASA ofrecerá cobertura en directo, en inglés y en…

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NASA Sets Coverage for Europa Clipper Launch to Jupiter Moon

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Editor’s Note: This advisory was updated Oct. 4, 2024, to reflect a change in the NASA Social panel participants. Lee esta nota de prensa en español aquí. NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch and launch activities for Europa Clipper, the…

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New Video Series Spotlights Engineers on NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission

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With NASA’s Europa Clipper just weeks away from launch, five short videos give a behind-the-scenes peek at some of the engineers dedicated to making the mission a success. What does it take to build a massive spacecraft that will seek…

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8 Things to Know About NASA’s Mission to an Ocean Moon of Jupiter

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The first NASA spacecraft dedicated to studying an ocean world beyond Earth, Europa Clipper aims to find out if the ice-encased moon Europa could be habitable. NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft, the largest the agency has ever built for a planetary…

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NASA Invites Media to Discuss Europa Clipper Mission

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NASA will hold a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT, Monday, Sept. 9, to provide an update on Europa Clipper, a mission that will study whether Jupiter’s moon Europa could be hospitable to life. The teleconference will occur after a…

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NASA Invites Media to View Launch of Jupiter Moon Mission

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NASA and SpaceX are targeting a launch period opening Thursday, Oct. 10, for the agency’s Europa Clipper mission, which will help scientists determine if one of Jupiter’s icy moons could support life. The mission will launch on a SpaceX Falcon…

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NASA Invites Social Creators to Experience Launch of Europa Clipper Mission

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Lee este artículo en español aquí   Digital content creators are invited to register to attend the launch of the Europa Clipper spacecraft, which will collect data to help scientists determine if Jupiter’s icy moon Europa could support life.  NASA…

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NASA’s Europa Clipper Gets Set of Super-Size Solar Arrays

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The largest spacecraft NASA has ever built for planetary exploration just got its ‘wings’ — massive solar arrays to power it on the journey to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft recently got outfitted with a set of…

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On the deck of a ship, a large A-frame style crane is lifting a submersible research vehicle into the air, as crew members hold taglines connecting to the vehicle, preparing to deploy it into the ocean.

The Making of Our Alien Earth: The Undersea Volcanoes of Santorini, Greece

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The following expedition marks the third installment of NASA Astrobiology’s fieldwork series, the newly rebranded Our Alien Earth, streaming on NASA+. Check out all three episodes following teams of astrobiologists from the lava fields of Holuhraun, Iceland, to the Isua…

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