Tag: NASA JPL
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NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab uses Microsoft’s Azure Quantum to ease Deep Space Network’s traffic jam
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory monitors the Deep Space Network from Mission Control. (JPL Photo) Microsoft has demonstrated how quantum-inspired algorithms can help smooth out Seattle’s snarled traffic, but can they solve NASA’s interplanetary data traffic jam? Initial results from a project at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory suggests they can. Microsoft’s Azure Quantum team says it’s…
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NASA releases jaw-dropping video and audio from Mars, with an assist from AWS
A portion of a panorama from NASA’s Perseverance rover shows its surroundings in Mars’ Jezero Crater. The close-range perspective is somewhat skewed due to the panorama effect. (NASA / JPL-Caltech) For the first time ever, NASA has captured video of a rover landing on the surface of Mars, plus audio of the wind whistling past…
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NASA’s Perseverance rover touches down to start years-long search for life on Mars
A raw, uncorrected image from an engineering camera on NASA’s Perseverance rover shows its surroundings on Mars, including the rover’s shadow. (NASA via YouTube) NASA’s Perseverance rover touched down on Mars today and began a mission that’s meant to store up evidence of past life on Mars, after a trip that came to a climax…
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First Mode wins $1.8M contract to build hardware for Psyche mission to asteroid
An artist’s conception shows NASA’s Psyche spacecraft at the asteroid Psyche. The Deep Space Optical Communication demonstrator is pointing out from the bottom panel of the spacecraft in this configuration. (NASA / JPL-Caltech / ASU Illustration) Seattle-based First Mode has been awarded a $1.8 million subcontract from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to build flight hardware…
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Now you can put your name on NASA’s Mars 2020 rover (in teeny tiny letters)
Members of the public who sign up to have their names sent to Mars will get a souvenir boarding pass to print out as well. (NASA / JPL-Caltech Image) Space fans have been sending their names to Mars and other extraterrestrial destinations for more than two decades, and it’s that time again: From now until…
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Opportunity on Mars, 2004-2019: NASA sings requiem to a rover — and looks ahead
Ths colorized image of the Opportunity rover’s shadow was taken on July 26, 2004, by the rover’s front hazard-avoidance camera as it moved farther into Endurance Crater in the Meridiani Planum region of Mars. (NASA / JPL-Caltech Photo) After months of silence from Mars, NASA finally read the rites over its Opportunity rover, hailing the…
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Two mini-probes fade into the sunset beyond Mars: Is Opportunity rover next?
This image of Mars was captured by one of NASA’s MarCO satellites from a distance of about 4,700 miles, about 10 minutes after the descent of NASA’s Mars InSight lander on Nov. 26, 2018. The grid seen on the right edge of the image is the spacecraft’s high-gain antenna. (NASA / JPL-Caltech Photo) Farewell, WALL-E…
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Good news! NASA says Opportunity rover should be able to wait out Martian storm
An artist’s conception shows NASA’s Opportunity rover under sunnier conditions. (NASA Illustration) NASA has had to put its power-starved Opportunity rover into an induced coma on Mars, but that drastic maneuver — plus some luck — should be enough to save it from one of the worst dust storms ever observed on the Red Planet. That doesn’t…