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Blue Ghost moon lander will help NASA see Earth's magnetic field 'breathing' for 1st time
The instrument will track how the magnetosphere expands and contracts, as well as other shape changes caused by varying strengths of solar wind from the vantage point of the moon, providing a ...
2025 is going to be another big year for commercial moon missions
As soon as late February, a lunar lander will depart from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on its way to the moon carrying ...
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Firefly, SpaceX and NASA Sending a Lander to the Moon Tomorrow
Firefly lunar scientific investigations with a wide range from characterizing Earth’s magnetosphere to understanding lunar dust and and characterizing the structure and thermal properties of the ...
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See a stunning view of a eclipse in space captured by the Blue Ghost mission
which shows some of the six NASA payloads that are on board the spacecraft — including an X-ray instrument called LEXI which will look back at the Earth’s magnetosphere from the moon in the X ...
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In Photos: Jaw-Dropping Jupiter And Its Moon Io As Seen By NASA’s Juno
The moon is so volcanic because of tidal forces ... revealing how charged particles from Io contribute to Jupiter’s massive magnetosphere. Launched in 2011 and arriving at Jupiter in 2016 ...
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Firefly Aerospace’s first lunar lander will shuttle 10 NASA payloads to the moon
and timing around the moon. X-ray imaging of Earth’s magnetosphere will gauge how solar wind affects its magnetic field to better inform weather predictions, GPS protection, and satellite ...
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NASA’s LEXI will provide X-ray vision of Earth’s magnetosphere
From the vantage point of the Moon, however, the whole magnetopause will be in LEXI’s field of view. The team back on Earth will be working around the clock to track how the magnetosphere ...
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NASA Captures 'Most Intense Volcanic Eruption Ever' on Jupiter's Moon Io
Loki Patera is 202 kilometres (126 mi) in diameter, covers 20,000 sq km (7,700 sq mi), and was the largest volcanic feature found on Io until these new observations revealed the hot spot in the south ...
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Blue Ghost moon lander sees Earth as a 'blue marble' from orbit (photo)
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander caught haunting images of Earth while preparing to make its way towards lunar orbit.
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US, Japanese lunar landers set to launch on single rocket
from characterizing Earth's magnetosphere to understanding lunar dust and the moon's interior structure and thermal properties," NASA scientist Maria Banks said. Blue Ghost also carries technology ...
NASA's Juno probe discovers powerful volcanic activity on Jupiter’s moon Io
NASAs Juno probe has discovered a massive volcanic hot spot on Jupiters moon Io. The hot spot emits 80 trillion watts of ...
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Private US, Japanese lunar landers launch on single rocket
from characterizing Earth's magnetosphere to understanding lunar dust and the moon's interior structure and thermal properties," NASA scientist Maria Banks said. Blue Ghost also carries technology ...