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This sonification turns the orbits of a new seven-planet system, discovered by NASA’s retired Kepler space telescope, into sound. It begins at the center of the system with the innermost orbit and builds toward the outermost, introducing each orbit with a new sound that plays once per rotation around the central Sun-like star. It then focuses on two specific orbits in resonance, which creates a beating sound with the inner rotating twice in the same period as the outer rotates three times. Next, only the three outer-most planets are singled out as an orbital resonance chain before blending all seven together again. This is the first planetary system in which each planet bathed in more radiant heat from their host star per area than any in our solar system. Credit: Bishop’s University /Jason Rowe

The Near-Infrared Volatiles Spectrometer System (NIRVSS) arrived at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston in preparation for integration into NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER). The VIPER mission is managed by NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley and is scheduled to be delivered to Mons Mouton near the South Pole of the Moon in late 2024 by Astrobotic’s Griffin lander as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative. VIPER will inform future Artemis landing sites by helping to characterize the lunar environment and help determine locations where water and other resources could be harvested to sustain humans over extended stays.   The VIPER science team also aims to address how frozen water and other volatiles got on the Moon in the first place, where they came from, what has kept some of them preserved over billions of years, and where they go after they escape the lunar soil. More details: https://www.nasa.gov/viper   Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/nasaames  Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nasaames   Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nasaames  Follow us on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/nasa-ames-research-center     Credit: NASA’s Ames Research Center #NASA #Moon #VIPER #MoonRover #Artemis #Robotics #Robot

The Near-Infrared Volatiles Spectrometer System arrived at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston in preparation for integration into NASA's Moon rover. The VIPER mission is managed by NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley and is scheduled to be delivered to Mons Mouton near the South Pole of the Moon in late 2024 by Astrobotic’s Griffin lander as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative. VIPER will inform future Artemis landing sites by helping to characterize the lunar environment and help determine locations where water and other resources could be harvested to sustain humans over extended stays.   The VIPER science team also aims to address how frozen water and other volatiles got on the Moon in the first place, where they came from, what has kept some of them preserved over billions of years, and where they go after they escape the lunar soil. More details: https://www.nasa.gov/viper   Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/nasaames  Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nasaames   Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nasaames  Follow us on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/nasa-ames-research-center      Credit: NASA’s Ames Research Center Music Provided by Universal Productions: On Target Runnman #NASA #Moon #VIPER #MoonRover #Artemis #Robotics #Robot

NASA’s VIPER Moon rover completed its calibration tests for its Near-Infrared Volatiles Spectrometer System. The VIPER mission is managed by NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley and is scheduled to be delivered to Mons Mouton near the South Pole of the Moon in late 2024 by Astrobotic’s Griffin lander as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative. VIPER will inform future Artemis landing sites by helping to characterize the lunar environment and help determine locations where water and other resources could be harvested to sustain humans over extended stays.   The VIPER science team also aims to address how frozen water and other volatiles got on the Moon in the first place, where they came from, what has kept some of them preserved over billions of years, and where they go after they escape the lunar soil. More details: https://www.nasa.gov/viper   Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/nasaames  Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nasaames   Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nasaames  Follow us on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/nasa-ames-research-center       Credit: NASA’s Ames Research Center   #NASA #Moon #VIPER #MoonRover #Artemis #Robotics #Robot

NASA’s VIPER Moon rover completed calibration tests for its Near-Infrared Volatiles Spectrometer System. The VIPER mission is managed by NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley and is scheduled to be delivered to Mons Mouton near the South Pole of the Moon in late 2024 by Astrobotic’s Griffin lander as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative. VIPER will inform future Artemis landing sites by helping to characterize the lunar environment and help determine locations where water and other resources could be harvested to sustain humans over extended stays.   The VIPER science team also aims to address how frozen water and other volatiles got on the Moon in the first place, where they came from, what has kept some of them preserved over billions of years, and where they go after they escape the lunar soil. More details: https://www.nasa.gov/viper   Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/nasaames  Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nasaames   Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nasaames  Follow us on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/nasa-ames-research-center     Credit: NASA’s Ames Research Center Music Provided by Universal Music Productions: Chill Trap Chronicles by Thomas Gallacani. #NASA #Moon #VIPER #MoonRover #Artemis #Robotics #Robot

NASA’s Moon rover Neutron Spectrometer System instrument completed vibration tests. The VIPER mission is managed by NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley and is scheduled to be delivered to Mons Mouton near the South Pole of the Moon in late 2024 by Astrobotic’s Griffin lander as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative. VIPER will inform future Artemis landing sites by helping to characterize the lunar environment and help determine locations where water and other resources could be harvested to sustain humans over extended stays.   The VIPER science team also aims to address how frozen water and other volatiles got on the Moon in the first place, where they came from, what has kept some of them preserved over billions of years, and where they go after they escape the lunar soil. More details: https://www.nasa.gov/viper Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nasaames  Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nasaames   Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nasaames  Follow us on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/nasa-ames-research-center     Credit: NASA’s Ames Research Center Music Provided by Universal Production Music: Pastel Skies #NASA #Moon #VIPER #MoonRover #Artemis #Robotics #Robot

New NASA and Durham University simulations put forth a theory of the origin of Saturn’s rings and icy moons – they may have formed following a massive collision between two moons orbiting the gas giant. The simulations used in this research are some of the most detailed of their kind to study the formation of Saturn’s rings and potentially habitable icy moons. Learn more: go.nasa.gov/3ti6eCw Video credit: NASA/Jacob Kegerreis/Luís Teodoro Music Provided by Universal Production Music: Cyclic Marimba by Eric Chevalier. NASA's Ames Research Center is located in California's Silicon Valley. Follow us on social media to hear about the latest developments in space, science, technology, and aeronautics. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/nasaames​ Twitter https://twitter.com/nasaames​ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nasaames

NASA’s Moon rover prototype completed mobility tests. The VIPER mission is managed by NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley and is scheduled to be delivered to Mons Mouton near the South Pole of the Moon in late 2024 by Astrobotic’s Griffin lander as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative. VIPER will inform future Artemis landing sites by helping to characterize the lunar environment and help determine locations where water and other resources could be harvested to sustain humans over extended stays.   The VIPER science team also aims to address how frozen water and other volatiles got on the Moon in the first place, where they came from, what has kept some of them preserved over billions of years, and where they go after they escape the lunar soil. More details: https://www.nasa.gov/viper Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nasaames  Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nasaames   Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nasaames  Follow us on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/nasa-ames-research-center     Credit: NASA’s Ames Research Center #NASA #Moon #VIPER #MoonRover #Artemis #Robotics #Robot

NASA’s Moon rover prototype completed mobility tests. The VIPER mission is managed by NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley and is scheduled to be delivered to Mons Mouton near the South Pole of the Moon in late 2024 by Astrobotic’s Griffin lander as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative. VIPER will inform future Artemis landing sites by helping to characterize the lunar environment and help determine locations where water and other resources could be harvested to sustain humans over extended stays.   The VIPER science team also aims to address how frozen water and other volatiles got on the Moon in the first place, where they came from, what has kept some of them preserved over billions of years, and where they go after they escape the lunar soil. More details: https://www.nasa.gov/viper Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nasaames  Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nasaames   Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nasaames  Follow us on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/nasa-ames-research-center     Credit: NASA’s Ames Research Center Music Provided by Universal Production Music: Head in the Clouds   #NASA #Moon #VIPER #MoonRover #Artemis #Robotics #Robot

NASA’s Moon rover protype completed testing at the Lunar Lab and Regolith Testbeds. The VIPER mission is managed by NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley and is scheduled to be delivered to Mons Mouton near the South Pole of the Moon in late 2024 by Astrobotic’s Griffin lander as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative. VIPER will inform future Artemis landing sites by helping to characterize the lunar environment and help determine locations where water and other resources could be harvested to sustain humans over extended stays.   The VIPER science team also aims to address how frozen water and other volatiles got on the Moon in the first place, where they came from, what has kept some of them preserved over billions of years, and where they go after they escape the lunar soil. More details: https://www.nasa.gov/viper   Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nasaames  Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nasaames   Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nasaames  Follow us on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/nasa-ames-research-center      Credit: NASA’s Ames Research Center     #NASA #Moon #VIPER #MoonRover #Artemis #Robotics #Robot

NASA’s Moon rover protoype completed testing at the Lunar Lab and Regolith Testbeds. The VIPER mission is managed by NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley and is scheduled to be delivered to Mons Mouton near the South Pole of the Moon in late 2024 by Astrobotic’s Griffin lander as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative. VIPER will inform future Artemis landing sites by helping to characterize the lunar environment and help determine locations where water and other resources could be harvested to sustain humans over extended stays.   The VIPER science team also aims to address how frozen water and other volatiles got on the Moon in the first place, where they came from, what has kept some of them preserved over billions of years, and where they go after they escape the lunar soil. The Lunar Lab and Regolith Testbeds at NASA Ames are managed by NASA’s Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI). More details: https://www.nasa.gov/viper More details: https://sservi.nasa.gov/testbed/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nasaames  Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nasaames   Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nasaames  Follow us on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/nasa-ames-research-center     Credit: NASA’s Ames Research Center Music Provided by Universal Music: Shining Talent by Laws Mason #NASA #Moon #VIPER #MoonRover #Artemis #Robotics #Robot

NASA’s Moon rover prototype completed software tests. The VIPER mission is managed by NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley and is scheduled to be delivered to Mons Mouton near the South Pole of the Moon in late 2024 by Astrobotic’s Griffin lander as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative. VIPER will inform future Artemis landing sites by helping to characterize the lunar environment and help determine locations where water and other resources could be harvested to sustain humans over extended stays.   The VIPER science team also aims to address how frozen water and other volatiles got on the Moon in the first place, where they came from, what has kept some of them preserved over billions of years, and where they go after they escape the lunar soil. More details: https://www.nasa.gov/viper   Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nasaames  Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nasaames   Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nasaames  Follow us on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/nasa-ames-research-center      Credit: NASA’s Ames Research Center     #NASA #Moon #VIPER #MoonRover #Artemis #Robotics #Robot

NASA’s Moon rover prototype completed software tests. The VIPER mission is managed by NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley and is scheduled to be delivered to Mons Mouton near the South Pole of the Moon in late 2024 by Astrobotic’s Griffin lander as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative. VIPER will inform future Artemis landing sites by helping to characterize the lunar environment and help determine locations where water and other resources could be harvested to sustain humans over extended stays.   The VIPER science team also aims to address how frozen water and other volatiles got on the Moon in the first place, where they came from, what has kept some of them preserved over billions of years, and where they go after they escape the lunar soil. More details:  https://www.nasa.gov/viper Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nasaames  Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nasaames   Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nasaames  Follow us on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/nasa-ames-research-center     Credit: NASA’s Ames Research Center Music Provided by Universal Production Music: Blurred Alchemy by Moon Ziegler   #NASA #Moon #VIPER #MoonRover #Artemis #Robotics #Robot

NASA’s Moon rover prototype completed lunar lander egress tests. The VIPER mission is managed by NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley and is scheduled to be delivered to Mons Mouton near the South Pole of the Moon in late 2024 by Astrobotic’s Griffin lander as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative. VIPER will inform future Artemis landing sites by helping to characterize the lunar environment and help determine locations where water and other resources could be harvested to sustain humans over extended stays.   The VIPER science team also aims to address how frozen water and other volatiles got on the Moon in the first place, where they came from, what has kept some of them preserved over billions of years, and where they go after they escape the lunar soil. More details: https://www.nasa.gov/viper Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nasaames  Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nasaames   Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nasaames  Follow us on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/nasa-ames-research-center     Credit: NASA’s Ames Research Center #NASA #Moon #VIPER #MoonRover #Artemis #Robotics #Robot

NASA’s Moon rover prototype completed lunar lander egress tests. The VIPER mission is managed by NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley and is scheduled to be delivered to Mons Mouton near the South Pole of the Moon in late 2024 by Astrobotic’s Griffin lander as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative. VIPER will inform future Artemis landing sites by helping to characterize the lunar environment and help determine locations where water and other resources could be harvested to sustain humans over extended stays.   The VIPER science team also aims to address how frozen water and other volatiles got on the Moon in the first place, where they came from, what has kept some of them preserved over billions of years, and where they go after they escape the lunar soil. More details: https://www.nasa.gov/viper   Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nasaames  Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nasaames   Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nasaames  Follow us on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/nasa-ames-research-center   Download the video here: https://images.nasa.gov/details/VIPERMoonRoverEgressTest   Credit: NASA’s Ames Research Center Music Provided by Universal Music: Shining Talent by Laws Mason   #NASA #Moon #VIPER #MoonRover #Artemis #Robotics #Robot

NASA is sending a team of four CubeSats into orbit around Earth to see if they’re able to cooperate on their own, without real-time updates from mission control. While that kind of autonomous cooperation may not sound too difficult for humans, this team will be robotic – composed of small satellites to test out key technologies for the future of deep space missions. Starling is funded by NASA’s Small Spacecraft Technology program based at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley and within the agency’s Space Technology Mission Directorate in Washington. Video credit: NASA’s Ames Research Center Music Provided by Universal Production Music: Lifestyle Trap by Josselin Bordat This video can be downloaded from the NASA Image and Video Library at: https://images.nasa.gov/details/ARC-20230712-AAV3483-StarlingMission-Overview-NASAWeb-1080p NASA's Ames Research Center is located in California's Silicon Valley. Follow us on social media to hear about the latest developments in space, science, technology, and aeronautics. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/nasaames Twitter https://twitter.com/nasaames Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nasaames

A new study using the now-retired Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has pieced together the first detailed, wide-area map of water distribution on the Moon. The new map covers about one-quarter of the Earth-facing side of the lunar surface below 60 degrees latitude and extends to the Moon’s South Pole. In this data visualization, SOFIA’s lunar water observations are indicated using color, with blue representing areas of higher water signal, and brown lower. Video credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio/Ernie Wright Learn more: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/ames/study-reveals-map-of-moon-s-water-near-its-south-pole NASA's Ames Research Center is located in California's Silicon Valley. Follow us on social media to hear about the latest developments in space, science, technology, and aeronautics. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/nasaames Twitter https://twitter.com/nasaames Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nasaames

Scientists recently named a mesa-like lunar mountain that towers above the landscape carved by craters near the Moon’s South Pole. This unique feature will now be referred to as “Mons Mouton,” after NASA mathematician and computer programmer Melba Roy Mouton. Learn more: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/ames/moon-mountain-name-honors-nasa-mathematician-melba-mouton Credit: NASA/Ames Research Center This video can be downloaded from the NASA Image and Video Library at: https://images.nasa.gov/details-ARC-20230215-AAV3458-VIPER-MonsMouton-1080 Music Provided by Universal Production Music: Everything is Possible by Magnum Opus. NASA's Ames Research Center is located in California's Silicon Valley. Follow us on social media to hear about the latest developments in space, science, technology, and aeronautics. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/nasaames​ Twitter https://twitter.com/nasaames​ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nasaames