Project News

NEO Surveyor Project Passes Preliminary Design Review

Near-Earth Object Surveyor • October 12th, 2022

The NEO Surveyor Project recently passed the Project’s Preliminary Design Review (PDR), a major milestone in the NASA mission lifecycle. NASA’s review board, consisting of...

Discovery Alert: Ultra-hot 'Super-Earth' Could Have No Atmosphere

Spitzer • October 11th, 2022

GJ 1252 b, a rocky, terrestrial "super-Earth" discovered in 2020, has been given a closer look and astronomers have found that the exoplanet could have a very minimal atmosphere...

IRSA Newsletter: Issue 2022.9

Infrared Science Archive • October 5th, 2022

The October 2022 IRSA Newsletter is available. Highlights include: Herschel Local Group and Roman HLSS Galaxy Mock Catalog Releases, IRSA Viewer and WISE Image Server Updates,...

NITARP Class of 2023 Application

NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program • September 8th, 2022

The 2023 NITARP application is now available! Applications are due here by 3pm Pacific time, Monday Sep 12, 2022.

2023A NASA Keck Call for Proposals

NASA Exoplanet Science Institute • September 8th, 2022

The NASA Exoplanet Science Institute is soliciting proposals to use NASA's portion of time on the Keck Telescopes for the 2023A observing semester (February 1-July 31, 2023)....

All Active Instruments Raw (Level 0) Data Now Available in Near-Real Time

Keck Observatory Archive • August 29th, 2022

KOA now ingests raw (level 0) NIRES, NIRSPEC, and OSIRIS observations and Quicklook (level 1) and Reduced (level 2) OSIRIS products in near-real time, generally within 5 minutes...

UVEX Selected for Phase A Study

Ultraviolet Explorer • August 19th, 2022

NASA has selected four mission proposals submitted to the agency’s Explorers Program for further study. Among the projects proceeding to the Phase A mission concept study phase...

Test Chamber for NASA’s New Cosmic Mapmaker Makes Dramatic Entrance

SPHEREx • August 16th, 2022

The SPHEREx mission will create a 3D map of the entire sky. Its cutting-edge instruments require a custom-built chamber to make sure they’ll be ready to operate in space. After...

The Roman Space Telescope Interactive View

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • August 4th, 2022

View the telescope from every angle, check the completion status, and discover where the pieces are being built.

NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Roman Space Telescope

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • July 19th, 2022

NASA has awarded a NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract to Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) in Hawthorne, California, to provide launch service for the...