Spacecraft
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discoveryandexplorationofthesolarsystem
NASA Power Hack Extends 45-Year Voyager 2 Mission Even Longer
At 12 billion miles (20 billion kilometers) from Earth, Voyager 2 is so far that it takes more than 22…
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arianespace
Watch Live as ESA’s JUICE Spacecraft Launches to Jupiter
A highly-anticipated mission to Jupiter and its intriguing moons is gearing up for liftoff, ready to begin an eight-year journey…
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environment
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Suffered an Alarming Memory Glitch
A time lapse sequence of color-enhanced images of Jupiter from NASA’s Juno spacecraft.Image: NASA NASA’S Jupiter mission is back in…
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This Albatross-Like Plane Could One Day Fly Over Mars
Aerospace engineering doctoral student Adrien Bouskela, along with aerospace and mechanical engineering professor Sergey Shkarayev, are hoping to launch their…
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Tech
NASA’s Plan to Get Ingenuity Through the Martian Winter
Ingenuity, NASA’s autonomous Mars helicopter, was only meant to complete five flights. But since its history-making first flight in April…
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Joint Europe-Japan Spacecraft Captures First Photos of Mercury
A space mission jointly launched by the European and Japanese space agencies has captured its first, up-close look at the…
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SpaceX Starship Stacking Produces the Tallest Rocket Ever Built
Starship SN20 as it’s being lifted to the top of the Super Heavy booster. Image: Elon Musk/SpaceX Earlier today, engineers…
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discovery and exploration of the solar system
Ingenuity’s Next Flight on Mars Could Be Its Most Interesting Yet
An illustration of the indomitable Martian helicopter Ingenuity.Illustration: NASA/JPL-Caltech The flimsy-looking but impressively tenacious Ingenuity has booked its sixth flight on…
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applied sciences
Sun-Orbiting Spacecraft Takes Fascinating Images of a Coronal Mass Ejection
The first coronal mass ejection observed by the Solar Orbiter Heliospheric Imager (SoloHI) appears as a sudden gust of white…
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SpaceX Lays Out Plan for First Starship Orbital Test Flight
Conceptual image of a Starship launch involving both stages of the reuseable system. Image: SpaceX SpaceX has demonstrated its ability…
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