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A USDA Forest Service worker takes measurements for the national forest carbon inventory in Alaska.
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New Budget Bill Rescues NASA’s Carbon Monitoring System

by G. Popkin 28 February 201929 September 2021

“We’re back!” says $10-million-per-year project’s science team leader.

NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine lunar exploration
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NASA Wants to Get Back to the Moon, and Fast

by Randy Showstack 15 February 201926 January 2022

The space agency has plans for a sustainable return to the Moon.

The Opportunity rover on Mars
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Opportunity Rover Mission Complete

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 13 February 201917 January 2023

The rover explored Mars’s surface for nearly 15 years and discovered ample evidence of the planet’s wet history.

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Bruce Barkstrom (1944–2018)

by H. K. Ramapriyan, R. R. Downs, J. Dozier, R. Duerr, M. Folk, J. Frew, N. Hoebelheinrich, C. A. Mattmann and G. Peng 11 February 201925 August 2022

Bruce R. Barkstrom, principal investigator for NASA missions involved with understanding Earth’s radiation budget, committed his life to analyzing, interpreting, and stewarding Earth science data.

Apollo 11 50th anniversary commemorative coin unveiling
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Apollo 11 Commemorative Coins Available Today

by Randy Showstack 24 January 201915 November 2022

The coins commemorate the upcoming fiftieth anniversary of the historic Moon landing and the first steps on the Moon.

NASA’s TESS mission discovers third exoplanet
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NASA Space Telescope Spots Its Third Planet

by Katherine Kornei 9 January 201929 September 2021

A planet 3 times as large as the Earth was detected by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite in a relatively leisurely orbit—the longest yet detected by this telescope—of 36 days.

Artist’s impression of the future SWOT satellite making sea surface height observations, even through clouds.
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Scientists Invited to Collaborate in Satellite Mission’s Debut

by R. Morrow, L.-L. Fu, F. D’Ovidio and J. T. Farrar 2 January 201922 July 2022

The Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission will begin by scanning Earth’s surface once a day. We invite ocean scientists to contribute ground-based measurements to compare with the satellite data.

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

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

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

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.

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