Planetary Science Division

VERITAS (Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR, Topography & Spectroscopy)

Venus

Volcanoes

Ongoing Venus Volcanic Activity Discovered With NASA’s Magellan Data

An analysis of data from Magellan’s radar finds two volcanoes erupted in the early 1990s. This adds to the 2023 discovery of a different active volcano in Magellan data. Direct geological evidence of recent volcanic activity on Venus has been observed for a second time. Scientists in Italy analyzed archival data from NASA’s Magellan mission […]

Posted May 27, 2024

Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES)

NASA Recognizes 5 Early Career Planetary Scientists

NASA has selected five early-career scientists for its 2023 Planetary Science Early Career Award (ECA) based on their demonstrated leadership, involvement in the planetary science community, and potential for future impact.

Posted May 16, 2024

Europa Clipper

Jupiter

Jupiter Moons

NASA STEM Projects

Opportunities For Students to Get Involved

STEM Engagement at NASA

The Solar System

Uncategorized

NASA Selects Students for Europa Clipper Intern Program

NASA has selected 40 undergraduate students for the first year of its Europa ICONS (Inspiring Clipper: Opportunities for Next-generation Scientists) internship program, supporting the agency’s Europa Clipper mission.

Posted May 2, 2024

Science-enabling Technology

Space Operations Mission Directorate

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Technology Highlights

Pushing the Limits of Sub-Kilowatt Electric Propulsion Technology to Enable Planetary Exploration and Commercial Mission Concepts

NASA has developed an advanced propulsion technology to facilitate future planetary exploration missions using small spacecraft.

Posted April 23, 2024

Curiosity (Rover)

Goddard Space Flight Center

Mars

Mars Exploration Program

Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)

Missions

NASA Directorates

The Solar System

Why is Methane Seeping on Mars? NASA Scientists Have New Ideas

The most surprising revelation from NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover — that methane is seeping from the surface of Gale Crater — has scientists scratching their heads. Living creatures produce most of the methane on Earth. But scientists haven’t found convincing signs of current or ancient life on Mars, and thus didn’t expect to find methane […]

Posted April 22, 2024

Dragonfly

Goddard Space Flight Center

Saturn

Science & Research

The Solar System

NASA’s Dragonfly Rotorcraft Mission to Saturn’s Moon Titan Confirmed

NASA has confirmed its Dragonfly rotorcraft mission to Saturn’s organic-rich moon Titan. The decision allows the mission to progress to completion of final design, followed by the construction and testing of the entire spacecraft and science instruments.

Posted April 17, 2024

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)

Earth's Moon

Goddard Space Flight Center

The Solar System

NASA’s LRO Finds Photo Op as It Zips Past SKorea’s Danuri Moon Orbiter

NASA’s LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter), which has been circling and studying the Moon for 15 years, captured several images of Korea Aerospace Research Institute’s Danuri lunar orbiter last month. The two spacecraft, traveling in nearly parallel orbits, zipped past each other in opposite directions between March 5 and 6, 2024.

Posted April 5, 2024

Mars

Mars Exploration Program

Mars Moons

Martian Moon Exploration (MMX)

Phobos

NASA Delivers Science Instrument to JAXA’s Martian Moons Mission

On March 14, NASA delivered its gamma-ray and neutron spectrometer instrument to JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) for integration onto JAXA’s MMX (Martian Moons eXploration) mission spacecraft and final system-level testing. NASA’s Mars-moon Exploration with Gamma Ray and Neutrons (MEGANE) instrument, developed by the Johns Hopkins Appli

Posted March 15, 2024

Earth's Moon