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From ACM NewsSamuel Greengard| December 7, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
As NASA's Cassini spacecraft made its fateful dive into the upper atmosphere of Saturn on Sept. 15, the spacecraft was live-streaming data from eight of its science...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | October 12, 2017
NASA's longest-lived mission to Mars has gained its first look at the Martian moon Phobos, pursuing a deeper understanding by examining it in infrared wavelengths...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | October 6, 2017
A NASA study has located the Antarctic glaciers that accelerated the fastest between 2008 and 2014 and finds that the most likely cause of their speedup is an observed...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | September 19, 2017
NASA's Cassini spacecraft is on final approach to Saturn, following confirmation by mission navigators that it is on course to dive into the planet's atmosphere...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | September 14, 2017
NASA's Cassini spacecraft is headed toward its Sept. 15 plunge into Saturn, following a final, distant flyby of the planet's giant moon Titan.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | September 12, 2017
As the Cassini spacecraft nears the end of a long journey rich with scientific and technical accomplishments, it is already having a powerful influence on future...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | September 8, 2017
Preparation of NASA's next spacecraft to Mars, InSight, has ramped up this summer, on course for launch next May from Vandenberg Air Force Base in central California...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | August 29, 2017
Mere weeks away from its dramatic, mission-ending plunge into Saturn, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has a hectic schedule, orbiting the planet every week in its ...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | August 15, 2017
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the launch of a revolutionary ocean research vessel—a space "ship."
Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | August 14, 2017
NASA's Cassini spacecraft will enter new territory in its final mission phase, the Grand Finale, as it prepares to embark on a set of ultra-close passes through...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | August 10, 2017
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, which landed near Mount Sharp five years ago this week, is examining clues on that mountain about long-ago lakes on Mars.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | August 3, 2017
As NASA's twin Voyager spacecraft were changing our understanding of the solar system, they also spurred a leap in spacecraft communications.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | August 2, 2017
Humanity's farthest and longest-lived spacecraft, Voyager 1 and 2, achieve 40 years of operation and exploration this August and September. Despite their vast distance...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | August 1, 2017
Comets that take more than 200 years to make one revolution around the Sun are notoriously difficult to study.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | July 27, 2017
As NASA's Cassini spacecraft makes its unprecedented series of weekly dives between Saturn and its rings, scientists are finding—so far—that the planet's magnetic...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | July 25, 2017
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity recorded a panoramic view before entering the upper end of a fluid-carved valley that descends the inner slope of a large...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | July 21, 2017
Images of Jupiter's Great Red Spot reveal a tangle of dark, veinous clouds weaving their way through a massive crimson oval.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | July 13, 2017
The car-size NASA rover on a Martian mountain, Curiosity, has begun its long-anticipated study of an iron-bearing ridge forming a distinctive layer on the mountain's...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | July 12, 2017