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- NASA Mission Project Data Management Plans (PDMPs)
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Recent News in...
Astrophysics
JAXA's XRISM mission was successfully launched at 23:42 UT 06 September.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope released its latest deep field image, featuring never-before-seen details in a region of space known as Pandora’s Cluster (Abell 2744). More...
Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), a joint NASA/ASI mission, has uncovered important new information regarding blazars, supermassive black holes feeding off of surrounding material. More...
Heliophysics
The Parker Solar Probe made its 15th perihelion pass of the Sun, at a distance of 0.06 AU, on 17 March 2023.
ESA's Solar Orbiter reached its 6th perihelion, at 0.29 AU, on 10 April 2023.
The ASO-S mission to study solar flares and CMEs launched on 08 October 2022.
Lunar and Planetary Science
Communications were re-established with the Japanese SLIM lunar lander on 26 March after it survived its second lunar night.
The discovery of three new moons in the outer solar system has been announced. One is orbiting Uranus, and two are around Neptune, bringing the total to 28 and 16, respectively.
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