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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 15^th perihelion pass of the Sun, at a distance of 0.06 AU, on 17 March 2023.

ESA's Solar Orbiter reached its 6^th 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

Intuitive Machines 1, a NASA CLPS lunar landing mission, is scheduled to launch in a multi-day window starting at 5:57 UT (12:57 am EST) on 14 February. The target is Malapert A crater near the lunar south pole. For more, see the NASA Media Advisory.

Communications were reestablished with the JAXA Smart Lander to Investigate Moon (SLIM) after the Sun started illuminating the solar panels, providing power. It is now shut down for the lunar night. The LRO camera has taken an image of SLIM on the surface.

The Mars Ingenuity Helicopter mission has been declared over after the rotors were damaged during an uncontrolled landing on January 18. More detail is available in the January 25 NASA Press Release.