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Europa Clipper Completes First Deep Space Radar Test at Mars

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Artist’s rendering of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft flying past the red planet Mars, with large solar panels extended and radar antennas visible.

NASA’s interplanetary mission Europa Clipper has recently crossed an important milestone. On March 1, while passing near Mars, this spacecraft successfully tested its powerful radar instrument REASON (Radar for Europa Assessment and Sounding: Ocean to Near-surface) in space for the first time. This was a test that was not possible to do on Earth. Now … Read more

Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore Return to Earth

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NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, part of the Crew-9 mission, have safely returned to Earth after an unexpected 286-day stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS). They landed in the Gulf of Mexico aboard SpaceX’s Dragon Freedom capsule on March 18, 2025, concluding an extended mission. Crew-9 Mission Overview The Crew-9 mission, part … Read more