NanoSail-D Stories

What Lake Bonneville Left Behind
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The drying of the massive lake exposed playas that became the setting for feats of engineering and technological ingenuity, as well as epic tales of exploration and desperation.
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4982–4987: Back to Our Regularly Scheduled Programming
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By Allison Dries-Padilla, Missions Operations Specialist at Malin Space Science Systems Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 14, 2026 This week of Curiosity Mars rover operations takes us back to our “regularly scheduled programming.” After taking a slight detour to investigate…
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NASA Shares Views of August Solar Eclipse from Ground, Air, Space
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On Aug. 12, a total solar eclipse darkened skies over Greenland, Iceland, and Spain. As the Moon covered the Sun, it briefly revealed the Sun’s wispy outer atmosphere — the corona — to those in the path of totality who…
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