Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA’s Voyager 1 Is Finally Making Sense After Months of Transmitting Gibberish

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

The Voyager 1 spacecraft returned usable data for the first time in more than five months, giving hope for the 46-year-old mission ...

NASA’s Juno Gives Aerial Views of Mountain, Lava Lake on Io

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

This animation is an artist’s concept of Loki Patera, a lava lake on Jupiter’s moon Io, made using data from the JunoCam ...

NASA Unveils Design for Message Heading to Jupiter’s Moon Europa

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

When it launches in October, the agency’s Europa Clipper spacecraft will carry a richly layered dispatch that includes more than 2.6 million ...

NASA Is Still Fighting to Save Its Historic Voyager 1 Spacecraft

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

For more than 45 years, the Voyager 1 spacecraft has been cruising through the cosmos, crossing the boundary of our solar system ...

NASA’s Juno to Get Close Look at Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Io on Dec. 30

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

The orbiter has performed 56 flybys of Jupiter and documented close encounters with three of the gas giant’s four largest moons. NASA’s ...

Time Is Running Out to Add Your Name to NASA’s Europa Clipper

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Six weeks remain for you to add your name to a microchip that will ride aboard the spacecraft as it explores Jupiter’s ...

NASA Is Locating Ice on Mars With This New Map

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

The map could help the agency decide where the first astronauts to the Red Planet should land. The more available water, the ...