Thursday, May 16, 2024

Day in Review: High-Definition Views of Europa’s Icy Shell | 5 Things About NASA’s Tiny Twin Polar Satellites

Imagery from the solar-powered spacecraft shows some intriguing features on the ice-encased Jovian moon. 
 
Day in Review
Solar System
Jupiter's moon Europa was captured by the JunoCam instrument aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft during the mission's close flyby on Sept. 29, 2022. The images show the fractures, ridges, and bands that crisscross the moon's surface.
Imagery from the solar-powered spacecraft shows some intriguing features on the ice-encased Jovian moon. Full Story and Slideshow
This artist's concept depicts one of two PREFIRE CubeSats in orbit around Earth. The NASA mission will measure the amount of far-infrared radiation the planet's polar regions shed to space – information that's key to understanding Earth's energy balance.

Climate Change

Called PREFIRE, this CubeSat duo will boost our understanding of how much heat Earth's polar regions radiate out to space and how that influences our climate. Read More

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Simulating Space


In this episode of "The Spacecraft Makers," the team working on NASA's Europa Clipper put the spacecraft in a special chamber that mimics the environment of outer space.

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Day in Review: NASA’s EMIT Will Explore Diverse Science Questions on Extended Mission

The imaging spectrometer measures the colors of light reflected from Earth's surface to study fields such as agriculture ...  Mis...