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The rover will be delivered to the Moon's surface in late 2023. VIPER is the first resource-mapping mission on the surface of another celestial body.

Scientists found evidence that an area on Mars called Arabia Terra had thousands of "super eruptions" over a 500-million-year period.

The Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon, the Fruit Moon, the Barley Moon, and the Corn Moon.

One of the CubeSats launching with Landsat 9 is the Cusp Plasma Imaging Detector, or CuPID.

This page showcases our resources for those interested in learning more about ocean worlds.

Perseverance successfully collected its first pair of rock samples, and scientists already are gaining new insights into the region.

Data received late Sept. 1, 2021, from NASA’s Perseverance rover indicate the team has achieved its goal of successfully coring a Mars rock.

Hurricane Ida is seen in this image taken aboard the International Space Station. The hurricane made landfall in Louisiana on Aug. 29, 2021.

The rover will abrade a rock this week, allowing scientists and engineers to decide whether that target would withstand its powerful drill.

Drought is a complicated problem that requires lots of data. Satellites from NASA and its partners help collect that data.

Gene Roddenberry would have been 100 years old on Aug. 19, 2021, and we at NASA celebrate his legacy.

The Next Full Moon is a Blue Moon, and is also known as the Hungry Ghost Moon.

NASA scientists study the global methane budget to identify the sources of methane emissions and how they contribute to climate change.

The facility that houses the world’s most powerful space simulation chambers has now been named for the world’s most famous astronaut.

The images show Venus approaching from the left while the Sun is off-camera to the upper right.

NASA researchers used OSIRIS-REx spacecraft data to better understand movements of the potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu through 2300.

Would you like to help NASA scientists advance their understanding of Earth’s atmosphere and climate from the comfort of your own home?

A new online visualization tool will enable anyone to see what sea levels will look like anywhere in the world in the decades to come.

Fragments from deep within the Moon may provide a better understanding of how the Moon, the Earth, and other worlds evolved.

The Perseids are already showing up in our night skies, and they peak in mid-August.

The instrument on the International Space Station is uniquely positioned to provide wildfire responders with a high-resolution look at fire progression.

A new index shows that the world’s rainforests are responding differently to threats like a warming climate and deforestation.

The next full Moon goes by many names including the Buck Moon.

The probe flew closer to Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede, than any other spacecraft in more than two decades.

A puzzler about the gas giant’s intense northern and southern lights has been deciphered.