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The most EXTRAORDINARY new discoveries made about planet Earth
The findings give us clues to how the icy landscape has changed over time, and thus might allow experts to draw conclusions about its future ... Data made possible by NASA’s Magellan spacecraft has ...
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NASA's daredevil solar spacecraft survives 2nd close flyby of our sun
NASA's Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed its second close flyby of the sun, the space agency announced earlier this week. The car-sized spacecraft swooped within 3.8 million miles (6.1 ...
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After a spacecraft was damaged en route to launch, NASA says it won’t launch
Three weeks ago, NASA revealed that a shipping container protecting a Cygnus spacecraft sustained "damage" while traveling to the launch site in Florida. Built by Northrop Grumman, Cygnus is one ...
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European Gaia spacecraft is shut down, sent into 'retirement orbit' around the Sun
March 27 (UPI) --The European Space Agency announced Thursday the Gaia spacecraft was turned off after a decade of data gathering. A control team at the ESA's European Space Operations Center ...
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Damaged Spacecraft Forces NASA to Cancel ISS Cargo Mission
The Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft is used to deliver supplies to the ISS. NASA NASA is adding more food and consumable supplies to an upcoming cargo dropoff to the International Space ...
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Hope is all but lost for private asteroid probe in deep space — 'the chance of talking with Odin is minimal'
California startup AstroForge launched its Odin spacecraft on Feb. 26, on the same SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that sent Intuitive Machines' IM-2 mission toward the moon. Odin ran into trouble just a ...
Astronomy17d
Why so many spacecraft carry magnetometers
The public is enamored of images returned to Earth by space probes. Whether they show the moons of Jupiter, the rings of Saturn, or the icy surface of Pluto, these captivating images garner loads ...
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NASA extends missions of 'deep space rock stars'
March 5 (UPI) --Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have conserved energy supplies on the record-setting Voyager 1 & 2 deep space probes nearly 50 years after their missions launched to ...
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NASA to launch asteroid hunting spacecraft in 2027
a spacecraft targeting asteroids. A NewsNation exclusive reveals NASA’s high-tech plan to save Earth if an asteroid ever comes barreling toward the planet. The NEO Surveyor, set to launch in ...
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A NASA spacecraft will make another close pass of the sun
NEW YORK (AP) — A NASA spacecraft will make another close brush with the sun, the second of three planned encounters through the sizzling solar atmosphere. Webb Space Telescope captures a star ...
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American Spacecraft Touches Down on Moon, Sends Back Photos
Texas-based space company Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander has become the second private spacecraft in history to softly touch down on the Moon's surface. Firefly's car-sized lander touched ...