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Twin spacecraft will launch to create an artificial solar eclipse
The Proba-3 mission consists of two spacecraft that will fly in close formation to study the sun, with the shadow of one ...
We've been wrong about Uranus for nearly 40 years, new analysis of Voyager 2 data reveals
Voyager 2's 1986 flyby of Uranus, the main source of our knowledge of the icy planet, could have come at the same time as a ...
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NASA Engineers Activate Thrusters On Voyager 1 Spacecraft, Extending Its Mission Further Beyond Our Solar System
When it comes to exploring space, few things have done it better or longer than the Voyager 1 spacecraft, and it isn’t done ...
NASA’s TRACERS Mission Hits Major Milestone With Twin Spacecraft Completion
NASA's upcoming TRACERS mission involves two satellites designed to study the interaction between solar wind and Earth’s ...
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Artemis 2's Orion capsule goes into altitude chamber to prep for 2025 moon mission (photo)
Artemis 2 was initially slotted for a December 2024 liftoff, but that schedule was delayed in January 2024. NASA said several ...
SpaceX to launch 24 Starlink satellites in back end of coast-to-coast double launch
SpaceX is scheduled to launch another round of Starlink satellites into lower Earth orbit, with a launch set to leave the ...
NASA Solves Decades Old Mysteries Of Uranus After Deep Dive Into Voyager 2 Data
New research suggests that just before Voyager 2 arrived, Uranus was hit by a rare blast of solar wind from the Sun that ...
NASA’s 38-Year-Old Voyager 2 Data Finally Solves Uranus’s Perplexing Mysteries
NASA’s Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus decades ago shaped scientists’ understanding of the planet but also introduced unexplained oddities. A recent data dive has offered answers. In 1986, Voyager 2's flyby ...