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The ice-climbing robot IceWorm scales a wall in a glacial cave at Mount St. Hel
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Meet IceWorm: NASA’s New Ice-Climbing Robot

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 12 December 201829 September 2021

A robot that can inch up icy surfaces may help scientists reach new heights in some of Earth’s most dangerous and remote landscapes.

Mars and WALL-E’s (MarCO-B) solar panel during flyby
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Hello, Goodbye: First Interplanetary CubeSats Zip Past Mars

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 4 December 201817 January 2023

The InSight lander safely arrived on Mars early last week. Two tiny spacecraft made up part of its communications array and transmitted landing data back to Earth.

Jezero crater delta and its minerology
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Martian Crater Will Be the Landing Site for a Future Rover

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 30 November 201817 January 2023

The impact crater is a dry lake bed that contains evidence of ancient water flows and perhaps signs of ancient microbial life.

The obverse and reverse sides of a new coin commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
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U.S. Mint Unveils Design for Special Apollo 11 Coin

by Randy Showstack 19 October 201815 November 2022

The showcase of a commemorative coin kicks off national celebrations of the Apollo anniversaries.

Artist’s rendering of TESS observing a red dwarf star with orbiting planets.
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New Exoplanet Telescope Detects Its First Two Planets

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 25 September 201810 April 2023

The two possible planets, each larger than Earth and too hot to be habitable, are the first of hundreds of Earth-sized exoplanets expected to be discovered by a recently launched telescope.

Full-scale model of the James Webb Space Telescope
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How Well Can the Webb Telescope Detect Signs of Exoplanet Life?

Lucas Joel by L. Joel 24 September 20189 November 2021

Recent research suggests that NASA’s next-generation space telescope will be good—but not the best—at finding life-sustaining levels of oxygen in an exoplanet’s atmosphere.

Icy Bay in Alaska’s Wrangell-Saint Elias Wilderness
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Global Ice Monitoring Satellite to Launch as Early as This Week

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 13 September 201828 July 2022

The soon-to-launch satellite will measure the height and thickness of sea ice, glaciers, ice sheets, and permafrost around the world to an unprecedentedly high precision.

Floodplain lakes and inundated forest near the Yukon River at Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.
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How Much Land Surface Is Under Water at Any Given Time?

by T. M. Pavelsky and J. T. Minear 15 August 201810 March 2023

NASA Workshop on Remote Sensing of Inundation Extent; Boulder, Colorado, 21–22 May 2018

Artist’s rendering of Parker Solar Probe approaching the Sun
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First Spacecraft to Touch the Sun Awaiting Launch

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 10 August 201815 June 2022

The Parker Solar Probe will study the Sun’s corona and its electric and magnetic fields, as well as the mechanisms that drive the solar wind, all from behind an advanced protective heat shield.

The golden primary mirror of the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s next flagship telescope mission.
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U.S. Senate Reviews NASA’s Science Priorities

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 3 August 201829 September 2021

The search for life, developing flagship telescopes, partnering with the private sector, and maintaining Earth science programs should be top priorities for the space agency, say witnesses.

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