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Thursday, 11 June 2026

June 11, 2026

Curiosity Blog: Sols 4913-4919: Planetary explorers, freewheeling to the Yardang unit!

Written by Catherine O’Connell-Cooper, APXS Strategic Planner and Payload Uplink/Downlink Lead, University of New Brunswick, Canada Earth planning day: Friday, June 5th, 2026 In a very broad sense, Curiosity has two modes of doing science – one centred around a defined science campaign (such as the recent boxwork campaign) and the other as we move […]

June 10, 2026 at 05:30AM
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June 11, 2026

NASA Awards Contract for Construction Services in California

NASA has selected multiple small businesses for the Western Regional Multiple Award Construction Contract, which supports a broad range of facility enhancement, modernization, and sustainment work at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, and other federal agencies in the region. The contract provides general construction, […]

June 10, 2026 at 05:30AM
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Wednesday, 10 June 2026

June 10, 2026

NASA’s CloudCube Pioneers Miniaturized Radar to Study Clouds, Precipitation

A compact, multifrequency radar built by a team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will make it easier to collect information about dynamic cloud systems. Called CloudCube, this new instrument simultaneously probes the atmosphere with three radar signals, spanning 36 to 240 GHz, for optimized sensitivity to a wide range of water droplet and ice particle sizes. 

June 10, 2026 at 05:30AM
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June 10, 2026

Tyndall’s Trail of Bergs

Ice splintered off the southern Patagonia glacier and drifted across a growing glacial lake.

June 10, 2026 at 05:30AM
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June 10, 2026

Flight Dynamics Research Facility Characteristics

HomeCharacteristics The Flight Dynamics Research Facility (FDRF) is a large, subsonic wind tunnel with a vertical test section for conducting flight dynamics research for stability, controllability, free-fall and aircraft spin, and spin recovery testing of atmospheric vehicles. Characteristics Flight Dynamics Flight Research Aerosciences Evaluation and Test Capabilities

June 9, 2026 at 05:30AM
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