NASA’s Psyche spacecraft beams back blue images of Mars on its way to a metal asteroid
Quick facts What it is: Mars Where it is: 2.2 astronomical units (Earth-sun distances) When it was shared: May 18, 2026 Is it just us,...
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NASA shuts off another Voyager 1 instrument as humanity’s most distant spacecraft prepares for risky ‘Big Bang’ maneuver to save power
After nearly half a century in space, the Voyager 1 spacecraft just shut down one of its last remaining science instruments in a desperate attempt...
1,300-pound spacecraft will crash to Earth today following intense solar activity, NASA warns
A heavy space probe is falling to Earth today (March 10), eight years earlier than expected, according to NASA. The 1,300-pound (600 kilograms) Van Allen...
Chinese astronauts describe moment a crack was discovered on Shenzhou-20 spacecraft
Chinese astronauts have described what happened when they were nearly stranded in space last year after a suspected piece of space junk struck their return...
‘Textbooks will need to be updated’: Jupiter is smaller and flatter than we thought, Juno spacecraft reveals
Jupiter is slightly smaller and flatter than scientists thought for decades, a new study finds. Researchers used radio data from the Juno spacecraft to refine...