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NASA’s Perseverance Views Dust at Neretva Vallis

Reported by NASA

Description This 360-degree look at Neretva Vallis within Mars’ Jezero Crater was stitched together using 217 images acquired by the rover’s Mastcam-Z on May 20, 2024, the 1,155th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. While it is a wind-swept dusty ...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Mon, 26 Oct 2026 22:48 +0000

A Brief-ish History of METI. Part I: Early Ideas and Experiments

Reported by Universe Today

For as long as scientists have conducted SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) experiments, parallel efforts in Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence (METI) have also been mounted. In this series, we'll take a look at the major milestones in th...
  • By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
  • On: Mon, 26 Oct 2026 22:02 +0000

NASA’s Perseverance Offers Clues to Protect Crews From Mars Dust

Reported by NASA

Over 1,645 Martian days, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover measured the fine and ultrafine Martian dust particles found clinging to samples of spacesuit materials that are carried aboard the rover, including some that are small enough to penetrate the lungs...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Mon, 26 Oct 2026 21:07 +0000

NEO Surveyor’s Sunshade Gets Inspected

Reported by NASA

Description The large sunshade of NASA’s Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor is mounted on an assembly ring during inspections in a clean room at BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems in Boulder, Colorado, in July 2026.  The sunshade structure stands ...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Mon, 26 Oct 2026 20:53 +0000

Solar Cells Inspected on NASA’s NEO Surveyor

Reported by NASA

Description The large sunshade of NASA’s Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission is inspected by a technician at BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems in Boulder, Colorado, in late July.  Built by Applied Aerospace in Stockton, California, the sunsh...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Mon, 26 Oct 2026 20:52 +0000

NASA SEES Interns Tackle Real-World Challenges in Lunar Exploration

Reported by NASA

The NASA STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Enhancement in Earth Science (SEES) Internship Program at the University of Texas Center for Space Research places high school students on small, mission-focused research teams mentored by N...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Mon, 26 Oct 2026 19:28 +0000