NASA’s moon orbiter spots China’s Chang’e 6 sample-return spacecraft
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spotted China’s Chang’e 6 sample-return spacecraft on the far side of the moon on June …
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Voyager 1 back to normal operations as all four instruments working
NASA’s iconic Voyager 1 spacecraft is back to its normal science operations for the first time following an onboard computer …
Spacewalk at ISS postponed due to a spacesuit discomfort issue
The 271st spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS), which was scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. EDT (12:00 UTC) …
NASA’s Voyager mission project scientist Ed Stone dies aged 88
Edward C. Stone, who served as project scientist for NASA’s Voyager mission from 1972 to 2022, passed away on June …
Water frost discovered for the first time near Mars’s equator
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) two Mars orbiters, ExoMars TGO and Mars Express, have discovered water frost near Mars’s equator …
Europe’s instrument aboard Chang’e 6 detects negative ions on the moon
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Negative Ions at the Lunar Surface (NILS) instrument has detected negatively ionized particles, i.e., negative …
NASA awarded contracts to seven US firms to return Mars samples earlier
NASA has awarded contracts to seven private US firms to find more affordable and faster ways of bringing samples from …
Crewed Starliner spacecraft arrives at ISS despite thruster failure and helium leak
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, which carries two NASA astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, has arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) at 1:34 …
Chang’e 6 spacecraft docks in lunar orbit with lunar samples
China’s Chang’e 6 sample-return spacecraft is one step closer to returning far side lunar samples, as the ascender module of …
SpaceX Starship rocket splashdown successfully on its 4th test flight
The Starship mega rocket of SpaceX has made a soft splashdown at the end of its nail-biting fourth test flight. …