12 June 2020
NASA picks Astrobotic to fly VIPER to the Moon
...in Washington. The VIPER mission is part of SMDs Planetary Science Division. NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon...the VIPER mission, as well as leading the mission’s science, systems engineering, real-time rover surface operations and ...
January 2021
Safeguarding space - lessons from decommissioning in the energy industry
... that supports students and young professionals to connect to the wider space industry. Harriet has a master’s in planetary science at the California Institute of Technology and previously worked in finance at the Bank of England and the Federal...
January 2022
Revealing the magnetic universe
... James Green is a magnetospheric scientist. He is currently the NASA Chief Scientist and was previously the director of the Planetary Science Division at NASA Headquarters. He received his PhD in Space Physics from the University of Iowa in 1979 and...
October 2024
Revolutionising space medicine and global health through virtual and augmented reality
... 42-year career at NASA, Jim was NASA’s Chief Scientist and was the longest serving director of the Planetary Science Division.
11 February 2016
$19 Billion NASA Budget Proposed by White House
... from 2016 ($5.6 billion), although some of the funds will be distributed differently – Earth science would get an increase of $111 million, while planetary science would be cut by that amount. The proposal includes nearly $50 million for a Europa...
09 August 2016
Yutu, the Chinese Moon Rover, Dies on the Moon
... of the magma on the moon lasted longer than expected.” According to Bradely Jolliff, a professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, who analyzed the Yutu dataset, “The diversity tells us that the moon’s upper...
