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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

The Intuitive Machines 2 (PRIME 1) lunar lander is scheduled to touch down in the Mons Mouton region near the Moon's south pole on March 6 at roughly 17:32 UT (12:32 p.m. EST). Live coverage will begin at 11:30 EST on NASA+. For more, see the NASA press release.

The Blue Ghost Mission 1 landed successfully on the Moon on March 2 at 08:34 UT (3:34 a.m. EST). All NASA instruments are healthy, some have begun operations. More.....

The Europa Clipper Jovian satellite mission flew by Mars on March 1.