Most space mission systems historically have used one spacecraft designed to complete an entire mission independently. Whether it was a…
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When the International Astronomical Union announced in 2006 that Pluto was being demoted from its status as the Sun’s ninth planet, many…
Boeing’s crew transport space capsule, the Starliner, returned to Earth without its two-person crew right after midnight Eastern time on Sept. 7, 2024.…
Sunita Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore must have heaved a sigh of relief when they opened the hatch and floated into…
Our Sun drives a constant outward flow of plasma, or ionized gas, called the solar wind, which envelops our solar…
Boeing Starliner will return to Earther without astronauts on board The issues for the astronauts stranded on the International Space…
A European spacecraft is about to zip by both Earth and the Moon in the space of 24 hours. In…
Two astronauts marooned in space may sound like the plot of a Hollywood blockbuster, but for two NASA crew members, it is…
Launched in 2011, NASA’s NEOWISE mission operated in Earth’s orbit until late last week. It detected more than 3,000 near-Earth objects or NEOs –…
New results from the first archaeological fieldwork conducted in space show the International Space Station is a rich cultural landscape…