The European Space Agency (ESA) fires up three of the instruments on the Hera spacecraft and takes images of the smaller ...
"We would like to understand the difference between these systems, which holds the clue to understand just how many cosmic rays are produced in the jets of microquasars." ...
Multi-spacecraft scientific missions for space physics have been flown since the 1960s with early missions such as IMP, VELA, ...
The spacecraft's low-energy charged particle instrument will operate through the remainder of 2025 but will be shut off next year. Voyager 2 will continue to operate its magnetic field and plasma ...
After several delays, NASA said Friday that space shuttle Discovery is scheduled for launch in five days. Commander Lee Archambault and his six crewmates are now scheduled to lift off to the ...
Powering spacecraft with solar energy may not seem ... Plutonium-238 decays into uranium-234 and emits an alpha particle, made of two protons and two neutrons. Credit: NASA Most RTGs are built ...
Meanwhile, Voyager 2’s low-energy charged particle instrument will shut off ... power supply has gradually diminished. The Voyager spacecraft rely on electricity generated from the heat of ...
NASA astronauts Sunita Williams, and Barry "Butch" Wilmore have finally touched down the Earth, after spending over 9 months ...