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NASA’s PUNCH Tracks Comet Discovered by SOHO Spacecraft
From August to October, NASAs PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission tracked comet 2025 R2 (SWAN) one of the thousands of comets discovered in images from the SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) spacecraft, a joint mission between NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) that launched 30 years ago Tuesday. Capturing a new image […]
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… Read full storyNASA Tests Drones in Death Valley, Preps for Martian Sands and Skies
Next-generation drone flight software is just one of 25 technologies for the Red Planet that the space agency funded for development this year. When NASA engineers want to test a concept for exploring the Red Planet, they have to find ways to create Mars-like conditions here on Earth. Then they test, tinker, and repeat. Thats []
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… Read full storyNASA, ESA Sun Observatory Marks 30 Years
As ESA (European Space Agency) and NASAs SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) turns 30 on Tuesday, a lot has changed in how we understand our Sun and the space weather it creates since the missions launch. When the SOHO mission began on Dec. 2, 1995, space weather the conditions in space influenced by the Sun that can […]
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