Voyager 1 was responsible for one of the most iconic space photos in the history of the space program. In 1990, while still ...
The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) spacecraft, barreling through our solar system, recently used Earth's gravity to ...
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The Curiosity rover captured this image on Sept. 9, 2024, during its 4,295th Martian day (called a "sol") on Mars. It's been ...
Engineers have mitigated an issue with Voyager 1’s thrusters, enabling the mission to stay in touch with mission controllers on Earth and send back unique data.
The spacecraft uses its thrusters to stay pointed at Earth, but after 47 years in space some of the fuel tubes have become ...
The first paper on the samples collected from China's Chang'e 6 lunar probe reveals that the specimens differ in some ways ...
Astronomers pointed the James Webb Space Telescope at the Extreme Outer Galaxy, observing dynamic activity and vivid star ...
NASA's Voyager 1 faces age-related thruster issues due to clogging. Engineers switch to backup thrusters to keep Voyager operational.
Until scientists learn more then, here are seven of the most fascinating discoveries they’ve made about Saturn so far. The ...