Voyager 1 was responsible for one of the most iconic space photos in the history of the space program. In 1990, while still ...
In addition, the early Neptune images from Voyager 2 were strongly contrast enhanced to better ... either its north or south pole points almost directly towards the sun and Earth. This is important, ...
A Mars scientist shares the inside story of the NASA Curiosity rover's poignant first photo of Earth and Mars moon Phobos ...
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took a photo of Earth and the moon. It was the first time both the Earth and the moon were ...
The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) spacecraft, barreling through our solar system, recently used Earth's gravity to ...
Earlier this month, the European Space Agency (ESA) launched its newest Earth-observation satellite, known as Copernicus Sentinel-2C.
Voyager 2 launched in August 1977 and flew by Jupiter ... the dark matter must be confined well within the moon’s orbit and ...
After almost five decades sailing through space, NASA is trying to squeeze a few more years out of the venerable Voyager 1 ...
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.
NASA's Voyager 1 faces age-related thruster issues due to clogging. Engineers switch to backup thrusters to keep Voyager operational.
A temporary “mini-moon” will whirl around Earth for about two months as our planet’s gravity captures a small asteroid in its orbit.