Originally published by Medill News Service. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER – Duct tape, bubble wrap, aluminum foil, plastic bags, ground stakes, bungee cords, squares of plywood and plastic storage containers are just some of the sophisticated tools adapted by journalists and photographers as they set up their remotely activated cameras at Saturday’s GOES-R weather satellite launch site at the Kennedy Space Center. There is no “standard equipment” when it comes to protecting a camera

The Valles Marineris, the largest canyon in our solar system, appears as a dark scar across the copper face of Mars. The theory that the gullies in the valley are being morphed by water flow has been recently been disproven by scientists at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL). Image credit: NASA. Jorge Núñez and his team of scientists at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) have crushed one of the most exciting theories in our s

Originally published on Medill News Service. An artist’s depiction of the Juno spacecraft nearing Jupiter, NASA.gov. After fifteen years, 1.7 billion miles and an intense 35-minute engine burn, Juno has made it into orbit around Jupiter. Monday at 9 a.m. PDT NASA held a press briefing at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, where anxious scientists prepared for what would hours later become a defining moment in their careers. “It’s a milestone for plan