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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe beams home 1st in-depth upgrade after record-breaking method to the sun

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe beams home 1st in-depth upgrade after record-breaking method to the sun

Science and Nature
A visualization of the Parker Solar Probe in front of the sun. (Image credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben) On New Year's Day, NASA's Parker Solar Probe contributed to the joyful cheer by sending out home more excellent news about its record-breaking closest-ever method to the sun.On Wednesday (Jan. 1), objective control at Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland started getting the Parker Solar Probe's very first telemetry-- or housekeeping information-- that verifies Parker's systems and science instruments are "healthy and running usually" after its historical rendezvous with the sun, NASA shared in an upgrade on Thursday (Jan. 2)."All is looking great with the spacecraft systems and instrument operations," Michael Buckley, a representative a...
NASA Selects First Lunar Instruments for Artemis Astronaut Deployment

NASA Selects First Lunar Instruments for Artemis Astronaut Deployment

Science and Nature
NASA has actually selected the very first science instruments developed for astronauts to release on the surface area of the Moon throughout Artemis III. When set up near the lunar South Pole, the 3 instruments will gather important clinical information about the lunar environment, the lunar interior, and how to sustain a long-duration human existence on the Moon, which will assist prepare NASA to send out astronauts to Mars. "Artemis marks a strong brand-new age of expedition, where human existence enhances clinical discovery. With these ingenious instruments stationed on the Moon's surface area, we're starting a transformative journey that will kick-start the capability to perform human-machine teaming-- a totally brand-new method of doing science," stated NASA Deputy Administrator Pam M...