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SWOT: Looking at the Earth’s Water
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Scientists were stunned when a wheel on the Curiosity Mars rover recently cracked open a rock to reveal something never seen before on the Red Planet: yellow sulfur crystals. While the rover has previously detected sulfur-based minerals, this rock is made of pure, elemental sulfur. Join us for a live conversation with Dr. Ashwin Vasavada, Curiosity’s project scientist, to discuss the significance of the finding as well as other notable discoveries from the mountain-climbing Mars explorer’s 12th year on the Red Planet.
A team of rovers will soon be working together to explore the Moon – autonomously! NASA’s CADRE (Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration) technology demonstration is sending three small rovers – each about the size of a carry-on suitcase – as an experiment to map and explore the lunar surface. The tech demo marks NASA’s first fully autonomous space mission involving multiple rovers working together. Join us as we discuss the amazing potential of CADRE with project manager, Subha Comandur, and principal investigator, Dr. Jean-Pierre de la Croix.
Join us for a live talk as we explore how space-based technology becomes a spinoff, including a deep dive on the NASA-designed and -built instrument at the heart of the Carbon Mapper Coalition’s first two satellites. Called Tanager-1 and Tanager-2, the satellites will pinpoint and measure methane and carbon dioxide sources in communities around the world from low-Earth orbit.
Join us for a live chat with two ETL experts who will teach us more about the equipment, the people behind environmental testing, and how they literally “shake and bake” spacecraft.
Join us for a live discussion with Dr. Ben Hamlington to learn how SWOT is #TrackingWorldWater to fill in our current gap of information regarding water at coastlines around the globe.
Join us for a live talk in which, through the framework of its pilots’ “Favorite Flights,” we’ll learn how Ingenuity’s team used resourcefulness and creativity to move beyond the helicopter’s initial mission.
The Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) is a planned two-year NASA space mission that will survey the sky in near-infrared light. SPHEREx’s unique all-sky spectral survey enables science ranging from our solar system to the very beginnings of the universe.
Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the landing of Spirit and Opportunity, the Mars Exploration Rovers. We will delve into the stories of these incredible robots, with a look at how the exploration of Mars and the understanding of ourselves has changed because of the twin rovers.
The heart of deep space communications at NASA is our Deep Space Network, or DSN, which is managed by JPL. This international array of antennas located at three complexes in California, Spain, and Australia allow us to communicate with our missions in “deep space,” which we at JPL define as from the Moon and beyond. Come celebrate the DSN’s inspiring 60-year legacy and learn how advancements in communications and aerospace engineering will pave the way for the network’s incredible future.
In October 2024, NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft will begin its 1.8-billion-mile journey to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. It will investigate if an ocean thought to lie beneath Europa’s icy crust could support life. Join Europa Clipper Mission System Manager Al Cangahula and planetary scientist Kate Craft to learn about the spacecraft’s assembly and preparations for launch, and how Europa Clipper’s detailed exploration of Europa will help scientists better understand the astrobiological potential for habitable worlds beyond our planet.
Two eclipses are crossing over most of the U.S. in the next few months! The first is an Annular Eclipse on Oct. 14, 2023, and the second will be a Total Solar Eclipse on April 8, 2024. An eclipse can be an awe-inspiring celestial event that drastically changes the appearance of the two biggest objects in our sky: the Sun and Moon. It also gives us the opportunity to study our Sun, Earth, and our space environment.
NASA's Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment, or SunRISE, will send a fleet of six toaster sized SmallSats into orbit around Earth to work together as a radio telescope studying the Sun. SunRISE will help scientists better understand space weather events that have the capacity to damage spacecraft or even pose a threat to the safety of astronauts traveling through space.
Aug. 16, 2024 .
Sulfur Crystals on Mars: Curiosity’s Happy Accident
July 19, 2024 .
How NASA’s Team of Autonomous Mini Rovers Will Explore the Moon
June 21, 2024 .
NASA in Your Home: How Space-Based Technology Improves Our Daily Lives
May 17, 2024 .
Shake & Bake: How Spacecraft Are Tested to Handle the Harsh Environment of Space
April 19, 2024 .
Seeing Earth’s Coastlines: SWOT Satellite Provides Higher-Resolution Data than Ever
March 22, 2024 .
The Mavericks of INGENUITY: How NASA Extended the Mission of the First Mars Helicopter
Feb. 23, 2024 .
SPHEREx: Zooming Out to See the Big Picture
Jan. 26, 2024 .
Spirit Knocked, Opportunity Rocked: 20 Years of Rovers on Mars
Nov. 17, 2023 .
NASA's Deep Space Network Turns 60: What's Next?
Oct. 20, 2023 .
Exploring Ocean Worlds: Europa Clipper Is One Year From Launch
