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Former head of JPL and Voyager project scientist, dies at 88
The Register· 1 day agoObit Edward C Stone, the project scientist for NASA's Voyager mission from 1972 to 2022, has died....
Godspeed, Ed Stone—the Man Who Showed Us the Solar System
Time via Yahoo News· 2 days agoFor the first six years of the project, things moved along only fitfully, and so in 1972, NASA’s Jet...
NASA’s Webb Reveals Long-Studied Star Is Actually Twins
NASA· 1 day agoScientists recently got a big surprise from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope when they turned the observatory toward a group of young stars called WL 20. The region has been studied since the ...
NASA’s Perseverance Fords an Ancient River to Reach Science Target - NASA
NASA· 22 hours agoOriginally thought of as little more than a route clear of rover-slowing boulders, Neretva Vallis has provided a bounty of geologic options for the science team. After detouring through a dune ...
NASA Watches Mars Light Up During Epic Solar Storm - NASA
NASA· 4 days agoIn addition to producing auroras, a recent extreme storm provided more detail on how much radiation...
NASA’s Perseverance Fords an Ancient River to Reach Science Target
NASA· 1 day agoAfter detouring through a dune field to avoid wheel-rattling boulders, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover reached its latest area of scientific interest on June 9. The route change not only shortened ...
How a NASA scientist blew all of our minds
Mashable· 1 day agoOn a visit to The Colbert Report in 2013, the eponymous host asked NASA scientist Ed Stone if he ever got annoyed that the agency's astronauts received...
Voyager 1 is back to life in interstellar space, but for how long?
Washington Post· 1 day agoNASA engineers have succeeded in breathing new life into Voyager 1, the spacecraft launched in 1977...
How a NASA scientist blew all of our minds
Mashable· 1 day agoOn a visit to The Colbert Report in 2013, the eponymous host asked NASA scientist Ed Stone if he ever got annoyed that the agency's astronauts received...
NASA is commissioning 10 studies on Mars Sample Return—most are commercial
Ars Technica· 7 days agoNASA announced Friday that it will award contracts to seven companies, including SpaceX and Blue...