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NASA Working to Reestablish Communications With Lunar Trailblazer

Project News • February 28th, 2025

Following the successful deployment of NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Feb. 26, mission operators at Caltech’s IPAC in Pasadena, California, established communications with the small satellite at 5:13 p.m. PST, as expected. The team subsequently received engineering...

Lunar Trailblazer Updates

Project News • February 27th, 2025

The second stage of the SpaceX Falcon 9 completed its Earth departure burn, and NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft has separated from it and is flying independently. The spacecraft is now expected to carry out a series of automated processes, including powering itself up, deploying its solar...

6 Things to Know About NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer

Project News • February 26th, 2025

The small satellite mission will map the Moon to help scientists better understand where its water is, what form it’s in, how much is there, and how it changes over time.

A Rocket Launch Double Feature

IPAC News • February 25th, 2025

Lunar Trailblazer and SPHEREx are two NASA satellites scheduled for back-to-back launches the week of February 24!

NASA Sets Coverage for Intuitive Machines’ Next Commercial Moon Launch

Project News • February 21st, 2025

Carrying NASA science and technology to the Moon as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign, the Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission is targeted to launch no earlier than Wednesday, Feb. 26. The mission will lift off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket...

How NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Will Make a Looping Voyage to the Moon

Project News • February 13th, 2025

Before arriving at the Moon, the small satellite mission will use the gravity of the Sun, Earth, and Moon over several months to gradually line up for capture into lunar orbit.

High school teachers and students continue doing real astronomy research

Project News • January 24th, 2025

It’s time! At the winter meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), running from January 12 through January 16 in National Harbor, MD, 14 astronomy educators and 14 of their students from the NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program (NITARP) are attending, plus 11 NITARP alumni educators.

ZTF PUBLIC DATA RELEASE 23: Now available

Announcement • January 22nd, 2025

The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) and IPAC at the California Institute of Technology announce ZTF Public Data Release 23.

Intricate Layers of Interstellar Dust, Gas Mapped in Cassiopeia A light echoes

IPAC News • January 14th, 2025

Jacob Jencsen, a staff scientist at IPAC, led a a study that reveals intricate layers of interstellar dust and gas around the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant. Jencsen's team presented their findings in a press conference at the 245th meeting of the American Astronomical Society in National Harbor,...

Explore Exoplanets: The Discoverers; Ep. 18 Ben Montet (part 2)

Project News • December 19th, 2024

Spock's home planet is probably one of the most famous exoplanets, thanks to Star Trek lore. Turns out, Vulcan has a storied past in our own solar system's history, which Dr. Ben Montet shares in the second half of his chat with Jessie. But is Vulcan a real planet that actually orbits the real...

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