NISAR

"The upcoming U.S.-India NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) mission will observe Earth like no mission before, offering insights about our planet’s ever-changing surface."https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/how-us-indian-nisar-satellite-will-offer-unique-window-on-earth/?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1-nasajpl&utm_content=nisar20240106

Panoramic Survey

"Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has detected a new grand-design spiral galaxy as part of the PANORAMIC survey."https://phys.org/news/2024-12-astronomers-ultra-massive-grand-spiral.html?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter#google_vignette

Houston Based Lunar Service

"Houston-based lunar services firm Intuitive Machines ($LUNR) is planning its second lunar landing attempt in February, CEO Steve Altemus said in an earnings call yesterday."https://payloadspace.com/intuitive-machines-targets-february-for-second-moon-landing/

Parker Solar Probe

"NASA's Parker Solar Probe is preparing for its long-anticipated record-setting approach to the surface of the sun."https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/12/23/parker-solar-probe-sun-nasa/77173111007/

ISS

"Between January and March 2022, crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) performed the first archaeological fieldwork in space, the Sampling Quadrangle Assemblages Research Experiment (SQuARE)."https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0304229

Alien Life on Jupiter

"A spacecraft that will hunt for signs of alien life on one of Jupiter’s icy moons has blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida."https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1482xzrge1o?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter