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NASA testing AI to make satellites smarter
Wednesday, July 30, 2025 by Richard Harris
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California is testing a new artificial intelligence-driven technology known as Dynamic Targeting, which enables satellites to autonomously decide where to focus their scientific observations in real time. This innovation allows spacecraft to a...
NASA team installs solar panels on roman space telescope observatory
Thursday, July 17, 2025 by Richard Harris
Technicians at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, recently installed the solar panels onto the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. This installation marked one of the final steps in assembling the observatory. Collectively called the Solar Array Sun Shield, the panels ar...
PUNCH to launch with Tele Vue optical lenses
Saturday, March 1, 2025 by Richard Harris
On Sunday, March 2, 2025, the night sky over California’s south-central coast will be illuminated by the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Along with a small near-infrared observatory named SPHEREx, the NASA payload will include the PUNCH mission, which contains thr...
Deep Purple telescope is one step closer to launch
Wednesday, July 10, 2024 by Richard Harris
In January 2024, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL) space hardware team completed the qualification of the Deep Purple payload. This payload is set to be aboard NASA’s Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator-R (PTD-R) satellite, scheduled for launch this summer. Once operational,...