/news/tags/nasa NASA en-US Copyright Sun, 30 Apr 2023 09:00:56 GMT /2023-04-30/nasa-is-keeping-voyager-2-going-until-at-least-2026-by-tapping-into-backup-power Engineers have bought the spacecraft's interstellar mission more time by using backup power from a safety mechanism. It means NASA no longer has to shut down one of its five scientific instruments. Sun, 30 Apr 2023 09:00:56 GMT /2023-04-30/nasa-is-keeping-voyager-2-going-until-at-least-2026-by-tapping-into-backup-power Emma Bowman /show/sound-of-ideas/2023-04-27/trauma-informed-practices-aim-to-aid-journalists-covering-tough-situations New efforts are aimed at training journalists to better support sources and care for their own mental health while reporting. Thu, 27 Apr 2023 10:00:00 GMT /show/sound-of-ideas/2023-04-27/trauma-informed-practices-aim-to-aid-journalists-covering-tough-situations Jay Shah, Rachel Rood, Drew Maziasz /show/sound-of-ideas/2023-04-10/nasa-announces-historic-lunar-mission-crew The space agency will send four astronauts towards the moon for the first time in more than 50 years. Mon, 10 Apr 2023 10:00:00 GMT /show/sound-of-ideas/2023-04-10/nasa-announces-historic-lunar-mission-crew Rachel Rood /npr-news/2023-03-17/volcanic-activity-on-venus-spotted-in-radar-images-scientists-say Data from an old NASA spacecraft reveals a volcano erupted on the surface of Venus in 1991, a new study in Science says. Fri, 17 Mar 2023 09:05:36 GMT /npr-news/2023-03-17/volcanic-activity-on-venus-spotted-in-radar-images-scientists-say Ari Daniel /npr-news/2023-03-11/if-daylight-saving-time-seems-tricky-try-figuring-out-the-time-on-the-moon Scientists are pondering how to tell time on other celestial bodies. It's a lot harder than you might think. Sat, 11 Mar 2023 12:00:00 GMT /npr-news/2023-03-11/if-daylight-saving-time-seems-tricky-try-figuring-out-the-time-on-the-moon Geoff Brumfiel, Carmen Molina Acosta /2023-03-04/astronomers-still-have-their-eyes-on-that-asteroid-nasa-whacked NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test slammed a spacecraft into an asteroid, directly altering its path through space. Scientists are still studying the space rock to learn more. Sat, 04 Mar 2023 10:00:31 GMT /2023-03-04/astronomers-still-have-their-eyes-on-that-asteroid-nasa-whacked Nell Greenfieldboyce /2023-01-29/a-nasa-spacecraft-discovers-a-formation-on-mars-resembling-a-bear NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter snapped the uncanny photo in December. Eyes are formed by craters. A hill with a "V-shaped collapse structure" resembles a snout. Sun, 29 Jan 2023 10:00:36 GMT /2023-01-29/a-nasa-spacecraft-discovers-a-formation-on-mars-resembling-a-bear Giulia Heyward /npr-news/2023-01-26/a-recently-discovered-asteroid-had-a-very-close-encounter-with-earth There was no reason for alarm, as a NASA engineer called it "one of the closest approaches by a known near-Earth object ever recorded." It was only 2,200 miles above the Earth's surface. Thu, 26 Jan 2023 16:42:44 GMT /npr-news/2023-01-26/a-recently-discovered-asteroid-had-a-very-close-encounter-with-earth Bill Chappell /2023-01-12/nasas-webb-telescope-has-discovered-its-first-exoplanet The exoplanet was found using a satellite and spectrography. It has a similar size as Earth, but is much hotter and completes its orbit around its star in two days. Thu, 12 Jan 2023 08:14:13 GMT /2023-01-12/nasas-webb-telescope-has-discovered-its-first-exoplanet Ayana Archie /news/npr-news/npr-news/2022-09-26/move-over-bruce-willis-nasa-crashed-into-an-asteroid-to-test-planetary-defense NASA successfully crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in a test of planetary defense. Now it will determine whether the mission was able to alter the asteroid's course. Mon, 26 Sep 2022 10:11:00 GMT /news/npr-news/npr-news/2022-09-26/move-over-bruce-willis-nasa-crashed-into-an-asteroid-to-test-planetary-defense Nell Greenfieldboyce