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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
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
Version B of the asteroids installment of our solar system poster series.
Asteroids Poster - Version B
This fact sheet, available to download in color and grayscale, provides information about eclipses and how to watch this one safely.
October 14, 2023 Annular Eclipse Fact Sheet
NASA’s SunRISE will send a fleet of six SmallSats into orbit around Earth to work as one radio telescope to investigate radio waves from the Sun.
NASA Facts: SunRISE | Six Small Satellites to Study the Sun
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
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
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
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
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
A 2001 overview of the Cassini mission. It is provided here for historical context.
NASA Facts: Cassini Mission to Saturn (2001)
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
Spacecraft Power for Cassini - Fact Sheet
Spacecraft Power for Cassini - Fact Sheet
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)
Radioisotope Heater Units - Fact Sheet
Radioisotope Heater Units - Fact Sheet
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)
Historical record: NASA is preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for its Cassini mission to the planet Saturn.
Cassini Environmental Impact Statement Supporting Studies
The Cassini mission to Saturn was one of the most ambitious effort in planetary space exploration ever mounted.
Fact Sheet: Cassini to Saturn
Esta hoja informativa, que puede descargarse en color y en escala de grises, ofrece información sobre los eclipses y sobre cómo ver el eclipse de octubre de forma segura.
Información sobre el eclipse anular del 14 de octubre de 2023
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
Version A of the asteroids installment of our solar system poster series.
Asteroids Poster - Version A
Mars and Venus get closer, the bright stars of Summer, and how an ancient scholar used the June solstice to determine the size of planet Earth.
What's Up: June 2023 Skywatching Tips from NASA
Learn about NASA’s DAVINCI mission to Venus through this downloadable infographic.
Exploring Venus with NASA's DAVINCI Mission
An audio interview with Dr. Art Poland, a solar physicist, talking about his research on the Sun over multiple decades on the Space Weather Living History podcast.
Space Weather Living History Podcast Featuring Solar Physicist Dr. Art Poland
An audio interview with Dr. John Kappenman, a solar storm analyst, talking about his research on how space weather affects the power grid on the Space Weather Living History podcast.
Space Weather Living History Podcast Featuring Solar Storm Analyst Dr. John Kappenman
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The next full Moon will be on Friday afternoon, May 5, 2023. The Moon will appear full from early Thursday morning through early Sunday morning.
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A new study using two NASA solar observatories reveals that asteroid 3200 Phaethon’s tail is not dusty at all but is actually made of sodium gas.
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One of six instruments aboard the agency’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, CRISM produced global maps of minerals on the Red Planet’s surface.
Mineral Mapping Instrument on Mars Orbiter Retired
A pair of quakes in 2021 sent seismic waves deep into the Red Planet’s core, giving scientists the best data yet on its size and composition.
InSight Study Provides Clearest Look Ever at Martian Core
On April 20, a first-of-its-kind NASA-funded experiment will fly a scientific instrument on a large kite to study a total solar eclipse. Lifting off from Australia, the experiment aims to rise above any clouds that might block the instrument's view of the Sun's outer atmosphere, the corona.
Clouds for Your Eclipse? NASA Experiment Will Fly Kite to Rise Above
