NASA's Voyager probes shutting down some instruments to save power
NASA’s twin Voyager probes, which launched 47 years ago, are shutting off some science instruments in an effort to conserve ...
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Low on power and spinning out of control, NASA's Lunar Trailblazer moon probe's future looks grim
Lunar Trailblazer flight controllers are using NASA's Deep Space Network, along with ground-based observatories, to better ...
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New 'Starman' documentary shines light on NASA JPL legend Gentry Lee
Gentry Lee, the certified Hall of Famer engineer from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and distinguished science fiction ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 7 years. Here’s what could happen — and what’s being done about it
YR4 has a 2.8% to 3.1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit ...
NASA’s AI Rovers Are Heading to the Moon to Explore Without Human Control
NASA’s trio of autonomous rovers is heading to the Moon as part of the CADRE mission, a groundbreaking experiment in robotic teamwork. These suitcase-sized explorers will operate independently, using ...
NASA scientists pinpoint exactly where huge asteroid could hit and 110 million live there
The threat posed by the space rock, estimated to be between 40 and 90 metres in diameter, is the highest ever recorded for an ...
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NASA tweaks Voyager probes to help them hit a half century of service
A pair of extraordinary space missions that have been headed out of the solar system for almost half a century are getting a ...
NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Goes Silent in Space – Can Engineers Bring It Back?
NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer hitched a ride on a SpaceX Falcon 9, successfully deploying into space. But soon after, the mission ...
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Low on power and spinning out of control, NASA's Lunar Trailblazer moon probe's future looks grim
NASA's new water-scouting moon orbiter has ... Mission operators at Caltech's Lunar Trailblazer control center in Pasadena, California, were able to establish communications with the small ...