Venus stayed largely unexplored. Now, things are about to change: NASA has announced two missions to Venus by 2030 and here's why that's exciting.
It's been a long time since a spacecraft has taken a direct measurement of the Venusian atmosphere -- according to NASA the last time was almost 30 years ago when the Pioneer Venus Orbiter peered into the atmosphere in 1992 -- and the study has revealed some fascinating facts about our ...
NASA's ISS-RapidScat mission will observe ocean wind speed and direction over most of the globe, bringing a new eye on tropical storms, hurricanes and typhoons. Here are five fast facts about the mission. 1. The space station looks homeward.ISS-RapidScat is the first scientific Earth-observi...
Here are some notable facts about each one. While the shuttle program was mostly conducted in space, Enterprise was constructed for drop-and-landing tests in 1977, furthering previous NASA and military work on flying-wing space vehicles. Enterprise successfully did a series of rigorous tests, ...
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In 1962, for example, JPL's Mariner 2 spacecraft flew by Venus, becoming the first probe ever to observe another planet up close. The Mariner 9 spacecraft. (Image credit: NASA) Mariner 4 performed a Mars flyby in 1964, and Mariner 9 became the first spacecraft to circle another planet...
“We found that Mars’ magnetic tail, or magnetotail, is unique in the solar system,”saidDiBraccio. “It’s not like the magnetotail found at Venus, a planet with no magnetic field of its own, nor is it like Earth’s, which is surrounded by its own internally generated magnetic field...
long time since a spacecraft has taken a direct measurement of the Venusian atmosphere -- according to NASA the last time was almost 30 years ago when the Pioneer Venus Orbiter peered into the atmosphere in 1992 -- and the study has revealed some fascinating facts about our planetary neighbor...
The science team is studying the clouds, which arrived earlier and formed higher than expected, to learn more about the Red Planet. In the thin, dry atmosphere ofMars, cloudy days are pretty rare. Clouds are typically found at the planet’s equator in the coldest time of year, when Mars...
From now on, when you answer a question, create a set of facts that the answer depends on that should be fact checked and list this set of facts at the end of your output. What causes the greenhouse gas effect on Venus? Lessons Learned I could use the fact list to ask follow up qu...