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Sensing the Poles’ Hidden Heat

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New animations from NASA's PREFIRE mission reveal two years of seasonal temperature swings at the Arctic and Antarctic.

Aug 7, 2026

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A New Compact Instrument Enables High-Fidelity Measurements of Energetic Particles on CubeSats

5 min read

A team of NASA-sponsored scientists and engineers has developed a novel approach to observing high-energy particles in the near-Earth space…

Jul 21, 2026

Article

NASA’s SunRISE Mission Changes Launch Vehicle to SpaceX Falcon Heavy

2 min read

NASA’s SunRISE (Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment) mission will launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from the agency’s Kennedy…

Jul 13, 2026

Blog

NASA CubeSat to Speed Technology Testing in Orbit

3 min read

The R5-S9 (Realizing Rapid, Reduced-cost high-Risk Research project Spacecraft 9) CubeSat, developed by NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, lifted…

Jul 10, 2026

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NASA Small Satellite Could Make Global Positioning More Precise

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GRITSS will demonstrate the feasibility of a new technique for improving precision navigation and geodetic measurements.

Jul 9, 2026

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NASA Selects Rocket Lab to Launch Sun, Earth Science Missions

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NASA has selected Rocket Lab to provide the launch service for both the agency’s PolSIR (Polarized Submillimeter Ice-cloud Radiometer) and…

Jun 25, 2026

Article

NASA Wideband Demo Completes Primary Mission, Extends Operations

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NASA’s Polylingual Experimental Terminal (PExT), designed to enable interoperability between satellite relay networks, has completed its planned technology demonstration. Given…

Jun 1, 2026

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