PASADENA, California, Oct. 30 -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * There's water on the Moon, but scientists only have a general idea of where it is and what form it is in. A trailblazing NASA mission will get some answers. * * * When NASA's Lunar Trailblazer begins orbiting the Moon next year, it will help resolve an enduring mystery: Where is the Moon's water? Scientists have seen signs suggesting it exists even where temperatures soar on the lunar surface,   more

PASADENA, California, Oct. 30 (TNSres) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Earth's far northern reaches have locked carbon underground for millennia. New research paints a picture of a landscape in change. * * * A new study, co-authored by NASA scientists, details where and how greenhouse gases are escaping from the Earth's vast northern permafrost region as the Arctic warms. The frozen soils encircling the Arctic from Alaska to Canada to Siberia store twice   more

PASADENA, California, Oct. 30 -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * On its way up the side of Jezero Crater, the agency's latest Red Planet off-roader peers all the way back to its landing site and scopes the path ahead. * * * NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is negotiating a steeply sloping route up Jezero Crater's western wall with the aim of cresting the rim in early December. During the climb, the rover snapped not only a sweeping view of Jezero Crater's inte  more

LIVERMORE, California, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: The Consortium for High Energy Density Science (CfHEDS) had much to celebrate at its annual meeting this summer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). "It was exciting to connect with our academic partners and their students," said Federica Coppari, the LLNL liaison to CfHEDS. "The best part is hearing from the students about their research experience."  more

PASADENA, California, Oct. 30 -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * The instrument will demonstrate advanced hardware for studying Earth-size planets with the right conditions for life. * * * NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has successfully completed integration of the Roman Coronagraph Instrument onto Roman's Instrument Carrier, a piece of infrastructure that will hold the mission's instruments, which will be integrated onto the larger spacecraft  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: TWENTYNINE PALMS, California As U.S. forces gear up for the latest iteration of Keen Sword, Navy personnel from across the globe are preparing for one of the largest bilateral military exercises between the United States and Japan. Among those participating are Sailors from Navy Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) Bravo, currently stationed at Navy Medicine Readin  more

MENLO PARK, California, Oct. 31 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * The observatory's practice camera has captured its first on-sky data. * * * NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory passed its first end-to-end engineering test using a low-resolution testing camera known as the Commissioning Camera. The Commissioning Camera will later be replaced with the much higher resolution LSST Camera, the largest digital camera ever built, which Rubin Observa  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2024: * * * Projects will expand partnerships and enhance ecosystem restoration * * * KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. -- The U.S. Department of the Interior and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced nearly $46 million in investments from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for ecosystem restoration activities that address high-priority Kl  more

MARTINSBURG, West Virginia, Oct. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Jamie Green, age 46, of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, pled guilty today to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and to distribute cocaine. According to court documents, the United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General intercepted a package containing more than two pounds of cocaine mailed from Los Angeles, California, to  more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, Oct. 31 -- The Western Area Power Administration issued the following news release: Western Area Power Administration has announced that its Sierra Nevada region will pursue final negotiations toward full participation in the California Independent System Operator's Extended Day-ahead Market. SN and the Balancing Authority of Northern California, which SN operates within, join utilities including the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, PacifiCorp and Portland General  more