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April 13, 2016
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This Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) addresses the potential environmental impacts that may be associated with the implemenation of the Cassini mission.
Cassini Final Environmental Impact Statement
The Cassini mission to Saturn was one of the most ambitious effort in planetary space exploration ever mounted.
Fact Sheet: Cassini to Saturn
NASA's Galileo spacecraft made discoveries about the giant planet Jupiter, its moons and its surrounding magnetic environment during eight years in orbit around Jupiter.
Galileo Fact Sheet
Version B of the asteroids installment of our solar system poster series.
Asteroids Poster - Version B
By investigating two very different asteroids, Ceres and Vesta, the Dawn mission seeks to unlock some of the mysteries of planetary formation.
Fact Sheet: Dawn to the Asteroid Belt
A 2001 overview of the Cassini mission. It is provided here for historical context.
NASA Facts: Cassini Mission to Saturn (2001)
The Ranger and Surveyor projects of the 1960s were the first U.S. efforts to explore the Moon.
NASA Facts: Rangers and Surveyors to the Moon
InSight (Interior exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) is a NASA Discovery Program mission that will place a single geophysical lander on Mars to study its deep int...
Fact Sheet: InSight
NASA’s Juno mission will allow us to examine this gas giant planet from its innermost core to the outer reaches of its enormous magnetic force field.
Fact Sheet: Juno
After almost 20 years in space, NASA's Cassini spacecraft begins the final chapter of its remarkable story of exploration: its Grand Finale.
Fact Sheet: Cassini's Grand Finale
NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission set down a large, mobile laboratory — the rover Curiosity — at Gale Crater, using precision landing technology.
Fact Sheet: Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity)
Spacecraft Power for Cassini - Fact Sheet
Spacecraft Power for Cassini - Fact Sheet
Saturn will be visible in clear skies during Cassini's final plunge into Saturn on Sept. 15, 2017.
Where to find Saturn in the Sky During Cassini's End of Mission
Historical record: NASA is preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for its Cassini mission to the planet Saturn.
Cassini Environmental Impact Statement Supporting Studies
A solar eclipse happens when the Moon moves between the Sun and Earth, casting a shadow on Earth, fully or partially blocking the Sun’s light in some areas. This fact sheet explains more about sola...
Eclipse Fact Sheet
Radioisotope Heater Units - Fact Sheet
Radioisotope Heater Units - Fact Sheet
Version A of the asteroids installment of our solar system poster series.
Asteroids Poster - Version A
This free NASA e-Book celebrates Saturn as seen through the eyes of the Cassini spacecraft.
The Saturn System Through the Eyes of Cassini (e-Book)
This Pride Month, NASA celebrates the significant contributions of LGBTQ+ employees.
Together We Rise
Witness a planetary breakup, spot the globular cluster M13, and meet the harp constellation, Lyra.
What's Up: June 2022
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter made a record-breaking 25th flight on April 18, 2022.
NASA"s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Captures Record Flight
This is a model for anyone who wants to see Europa Clipper's major components and science instruments and manipulate the solar-array-radar wings.
Europa Clipper Scale Model - 3D Print
Join the journey as NASA’s Psyche mission team launches in 2022 to explore a unique metallic asteroid orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter.
NASA's Psyche Mission to an Asteroid: Official NASA Trailer
Learn more about the best-known black hole systems in our galaxy and its neighbor, the Large Magellanic Cloud.
NASA Visualization Rounds Up the Best-Known Black Hole Systems
May 2022 skywatching highlights: Morning planets, a total lunar eclipse, and the second-closest open star cluster, which hangs out near the lion's tail.
What's Up: May 2022
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NASA has announced that the Psyche asteroid mission will not make its planned 2022 launch attempt.
NASA Announces Launch Delay for Psyche Asteroid Mission
Hubble captured this massive galaxy cluster, called Abell 1351, with its Wide Field Camera 3 and Advanced Camera for Surveys.
Hubble Captures a Galactic Menagerie
Astronomers discovered the rocket body heading toward a lunar collision late last year. Impact occurred on March 4. LRO spotted the crater.
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Spots Rocket Impact Site on Moon
The map, to be released in batches over six months, covers most of the planet, revealing dozens of minerals found on the surface.
NASA Mars Orbiter Releasing One of Its Last Rainbow-Colored Maps
Striking rock formations documented by the rover provide evidence of a drying climate in the Red Planet’s ancient past.
NASA's Curiosity Captures Stunning Views of a Changing Mars Landscape
The mission’s team will operate its seismometer longer than planned, so the lander will run out of power sooner as a result.
NASA's InSight Gets a Few Extra Weeks of Mars Science