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Connect with NASA at FAN EXPO San Francisco 2023

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Connect your sci-fi fandom and learn about how NASA explores the unknown in space for all humanity! Join experts and engagement team members from NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley at FAN EXPO San Francisco 2023. Visit the exhibit,…

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Mira cómo la NASA construye su primer vehículo lunar robótico

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Read this release in English here. El público tendrá un asiento de primera fila y en directo para ver cómo el primer rover lunar robótico de la NASA cobra forma en la sala limpia de la Instalación de Pruebas de Integración…

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Watch NASA Build Its First Robotic Moon Rover

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Lee esta nota de prensa en español aquí. The public now has a live, front row seat to see NASA’s first robotic Moon rover take shape in the Surface Segment Integration and Testing Facility clean room at the agency’s Johnson Space…

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All Together Now: Drill Joins Other Moon Rover Science Instruments

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A team of engineers from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston and Honeybee Robotics in Altadena, California, inspect TRIDENT – short for The Regolith Ice Drill for Exploring New Terrain – shortly after its arrival at the integration and test…

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NASA’s LRO Observes Crater Likely from Luna 25 Impact

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NASA’s LRO – the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter – spacecraft imaged a new crater on the Moon’s surface that is likely the impact site of Russia’s Luna 25 mission.

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How Data from a NASA Lunar Orbiter is Preparing Artemis Astronauts

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As astronauts prepare to head back to the Moon for the first time since 1972, they have been trained on how to identify landmarks, spot geological features, and help mark areas of interest for future landings, all using data gathered…

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NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Gets Final Payload for Moon Water Hunt

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The spacecraft’s Lunar Thermal Mapper science instrument will work with an imaging spectrometer to help researchers understand the nature of water on the Moon’s surface.

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NASA’s Trio of Mini Rovers Will Team up to Explore the Moon

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Working together without direct human input, three rovers each the size of a carry-on bag will map the lunar surface in 3D, using cameras and ground-penetrating radar.

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NASA’s LRO Views Impact Site of HAKUTO-R Mission 1 Moon Lander

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On April 26, 2023, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft acquired 10 images around HAKUTO-R Mission 1 lunar lander’s landing site with its Narrow Angle Cameras.

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NASA’s Lunar Flashlight to Fly by Earth

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With its primary mission over, the CubeSat will zoom by Earth late Tuesday, May 16, and NASA’s Eyes on the Solar System app will track it, providing a chance to say farewell.

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