Apollo 9: Mission Details

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The Human Fingerprint on Earth’s Water Cycle

https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/the-human-fingerprint-on-earths-water-cycle/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nn202642 Humans are exerting increasing influence over how water moves through lakes, rivers, soil, and the subsurface, and a new NASA study shows where those effects are greatest. Using more than two decades of satellite measurements of subtle changes in Earth’s gravity, the researchers sharpened the picture of how—and why—terrestrial water storage has changed.

NASA Provides Progress Update on Moon Base Rovers

As NASA works to build the Moon Base, crewed and robotic lunar rovers will play a crucial role during early development through technology demonstrations, astronaut transport, terrain mapping, scientific investigations, and resource prospecting. Data from these early missions will inform future mobility systems and infrastructure needed for astronauts to live and work on the Moon. https://www.nasa.gov/missions/moon-base/nasa-provides-progress-update-on-moon-base-rovers/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nn202642

Pedal to the Metal: NASA’s Psyche Heads Toward Asteroid Belt

https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/psyche/2026/10/22/pedal-to-the-metal-nasas-psyche-heads-toward-asteroid-belt/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nn202642 With a successful Mars gravity assist in its rearview mirror, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft has fired up its thrusters and is accelerating to the metal-rich asteroid of the same name. During the first leg of its journey, following an October 2023 launch, the mission used its electric propulsion system intermittently to maneuver to the right place for harnessing Mars’ gravity for a propellant-saving speed boost and a slight trajectory change.

NASA Experimental Mars Helicopter Blade Designs Target Longer Flights

https://www.nasa.gov/science-research/aeronautics-research/nasa-experimental-mars-helicopter-blade-designs-target-longer-flights/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nn202642 NASA is advancing the future of flight on Mars, developing helicopter technologies that could fly higher and farther while conducting science on the Red Planet. Researchers recently tested roamx-021, a newly developed blade cross-section, or airfoil, that promises to significantly boost aerodynamic performance on Mars, using advanced simulations and algorithms tuned to Mars conditions, pointing researchers toward a thinner, asymmetrical shape.

NASA’s SR-1 Freedom Advances with Progress on Nuclear Power Module

https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/glenn/sr-1-freedom-advances-with-progress-on-nuclear-power-module/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nn202642 Destined for Mars and beyond, NASA's Space Reactor-1 (SR-1) Freedom will be humanity's first fission-powered spacecraft to travel beyond Earth's orbit. The mission will demonstrate nuclear electric propulsion in deep space while advancing a critical technology: the spacecraft's nuclear power module. Scheduled to launch in late 2028, SR-1 Freedom will deliver the SkyFall science mission, which will deploy three Mars helicopters derived from the Ingenuity design. Together, they will gather scientific data, assess potential exploration zones, and help identify possible water resources on the Martian surface.

NASA Shares Artemis Acceleration Plans for Moon Missions

https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/10/23/nasa-shares-artemis-acceleration-plans-for-moon-missions/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nn202642