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    IXPE Operations Update

    NASA confirmed the IXPE spacecraft resumed normal science operations April 3, following a successful spacecraft avionics reset on March 26. NASA's IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) had stopped transmitting valid telemetry data on March 23. The only previous interruption of IXPE science observations was due to a similar issue in June of 2023. Using procedures …

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    NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Samples Now Available to World’s Scientists

    An image of a pizza-wedge-shaped, silver-colored tray with the pointy end at the top center of the image. In the tray is a pile of small, dark rocks and dust that fill most of the tray. Toward the left bottom corner of the tray is a larger rock that is slightly lighter in color and roughly shaped like a heart on its side.

    Scientists outside of NASA's OSIRIS-REx team are getting their first close look at the asteroid Bennu samples available for independent research just six months after their delivery to Earth. The curation team at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston has released the OSIRIS-REx sample catalog detailing the small rocks and dust that scientists around the …

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    Strong Solar Flare Erupts from Sun

    A view of the Sun colorized in green shows a bright flash of light on the right side.

    The Sun emitted a strong solar flare, peaking at 4:56 p.m. ET on March 28, 2024. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the Sun constantly, captured an image of the event. Solar flares are powerful bursts of energy. Flares and solar eruptions can impact radio communications, electric power grids, navigation signals, and pose risks to …

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    NASA, SpaceX Target New Launch Date for NOAA Weather Satellite

    Side boosters from SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket land at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Tuesday, June 25, 2024.

    NASA and SpaceX now are targeting Tuesday, June 25, for the launch of GOES-U, the fourth and final satellite in National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) – R Series. The new launch date allowed time for teams to fully repair and test the Falcon Heavy core booster after a liquid …

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    Sun Releases Strong Flare

    A view of the Sun colorized in blue shows two bright flashes of light near the Sun's center and top

    The Sun emitted a strong solar flare, peaking at 9:33 p.m. EDT on Friday, March 22. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the Sun constantly, captured an image of the event. Solar flares are powerful bursts of energy. Flares and solar eruptions can impact radio communications, electric power grids, navigation signals, and pose risks to …

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    Work Continues on NISAR Satellite as Mission Looks Toward Launch

    NISAR is pictured in this artist's concept, in flight in Earth's orbit, with Earth in the background

    The NISAR (NASA ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite – a joint NASA-Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Earth-observing mission – is nearly complete, and a launch readiness date will be determined at the end of April. The spacecraft will launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on India's southeastern coast. Work to be finished before launch …

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    NASA Mission Announces Space Weather Explorers Week

    Two children demonstrating an eclipse with an Earth-printed beach ball and a Moon-shaped ball.

    In the midst of the Heliophysics Big Year, one NASA mission, the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory, is launching a new outreach campaign. This campaign aims to inspire teens to learn more about STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) careers, Earth and space science, and about the Sun-Earth connection in particular.

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