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One of the two oldest, active spacecraft has a new lease on life, with NASA getting the 47-year-old Voyager 1 deep space probe to send back engineering data for the first time since November 14. Until now, all the craft could return was gibberish.Conti… Continue reading NASA just hacked a 1977 computer on a spacecraft way out past Pluto
NASA’s asteroid-exploring spacecraft Lucy has made its first up-close observations – and discovered something completely unexpected. The asteroid Dinkinesh not only has a small satellite orbiting it, but that mini-moon is made up of two objects stuck t… Continue reading NASA’s Lucy spacecraft discovers unexpected satellite-orbiting asteroid
After an initial disappointment, Jeff Bezos is back in the Moon business. NASA selected Blue Origin’s Blue Moon crewed lander for the space agency’s Artemis V mission to the lunar South Pole in 2029 under a firm-fixed price contract of (US)$3.4 billion… Continue reading Bezos gets his Moon wish with $3.4 billion lunar lander contract
Once launched, most spacecraft are out of reach of any upgrades or repairs. Mission critical problems must be solved with whatever’s still working on board, and sometimes there’s very little …read more Continue reading Quick Reaction Saves ESA Space Telescope
It’s the same on Mars as it is here — just when you’re getting used to your job, the bosses go and change things up. At least that’s our read …read more Continue reading Ingenuity Completes Fourth Flight on Mars, Gets a New Mission
NASA has opened the doors to the restored Mission Control Center (MCC) from which Apollo-era flight controllers guided astronauts on the first bold voyages to the Moon, and safely home. The agency has also released a time-lapse video showing … Continue reading NASA reopens historic Apollo Mission Control Center
The menu for astronaut David Saint-Jacques’s mission into space included maple leaf cookies and a whole lot of fish. Continue reading I Ate a Canadian Tasting Menu for Astronauts and It Was More Swanson Than ‘Jetsons’