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Satellite Events for Tonight

Sols 4554–4555: Let’s Try That One Again…

Reported by NASA

Written by Abigail Fraeman, Planetary Geologist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Earth planning date: Wednesday, May 28, 2025 We came in early this morning and learned that part of Tuesday’s plan didn’t execute on Mars due to a temporary issue wit...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Fri, 30 May 2025 14:44 +0000

NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 Launch Fifth Anniversary

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President Donald Trump walks onstage to speak to a crowd at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, following the launch of NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission on May 30, 2020. The mission was the first crewed launch of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and F...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Fri, 30 May 2025 14:00 +0000

Hubble Spies Paired Pinwheel on Its Own

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A single member of a galaxy pair takes centerstage in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. This beautiful spiral galaxy is NGC 3507, which is situated about 46 million light-years away in the constellation Leo (the Lion). NGC 3507’s classification...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Fri, 30 May 2025 11:00 +0000

June’s Night Sky Notes: Seasons of the Solar System

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by Kat Troche of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Here on Earth, we undergo a changing of seasons every three months. But what about the rest of the Solar System? What does a sunny day on Mars look like? How long would a winter on Neptune be? Let’...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Fri, 30 May 2025 10:00 +0000

Sol 4553: Back to the Boxwork!

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Written by Lucy Thompson, Planetary Geologist at University of New Brunswick Earth planning date: Tuesday, May 27, 2005 We return to planning today after a successful long weekend and about 42 meters of drive distance (about 138 feet). We planned four sols...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Fri, 30 May 2025 01:44 +0000

A Dust Devil Photobombs Perseverance!

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Written by Athanasios Klidaras, Ph.D. candidate at Purdue University, and Megan Kennedy Wu, Senior Mission Operations Specialist at Malin Space Science Systems To celebrate her 1,500th Martian day (“Sol”) exploring the red planet, the Perseverance rove...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Fri, 30 May 2025 01:23 +0000