Voyager 1 Celebrates 40 Years Exploring The Universe
At a distance of 13 billion miles from Earth, Voyager 1 is celebrating 40 years of service. The spacecraft, which is on a mission...
Planets Orbiting TRAPPIST-1 Could Offer The Building Blocks For Life
A study recently published in The Astronomical Journal explored the possibility that one or more Earth-sized planets orbiting TRAPPIST-1 may have had a sustained...
NASA Proposes Elaborate Mars Sample Return System
NASA has announced a proposal to launch a robotic mission to Mars to collect an array of samples that would then be returned to...
Cassini Gears Up For Smashing Conclusion
In 2004 the Cassini spacecraft began its mission orbiting Saturn. The spacecraft has amassed a number of discoveries including finding jets of water erupting...
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Russian Cosmonauts Tear into Soyuz MS-09 Spacecraft During Spacewalk
During an almost 8-hour spacewalk, Russian cosmonauts used a knife and shears to inspect the damaged Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft. The inspection comes ahead of...
Voyager 2 Joins its Counterpart in Interstellar Space
NASA’s Voyager team has confirmed that Voyager 2 has become the second spacecraft to exit the Sun’s Heliosphere and enter interstellar space. Voyager 2...
China Launch Mission to Far Side of the Moon
China successfully launched a landmark lunar mission over the weekend. The Chang’e-4 lander will attempt the world’s first soft landing on the far side...
China Launch Saudi Earth Observation Satellites
China has launched two Earth observation satellites for Saudi Arabia. The launch was China’s 35th of 2018 with the 36th currently scheduled to liftoff...
Musk Shares CRS-16 Booster Mishap Footage
Following yesterday’s launch of the 16th SpaceX ISS resupply mission, a Block 5 Falcon 9 booster took an unexpected swim.
SpaceX had planned for...