On October 19, the U.S. Space Command reported that the Intelsat 33e satellite had broken into approximately 20 fragments, though the cause of the breakup […]
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Parker Solar Probe Becomes Fastest Human-Made Object and ‘Touches’ the Sun, Breaking Records
Parker Solar Probe’s Historic Solar Encounter: Breaking Records and Advancing Science NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has achieved a historic milestone, surviving its record-breaking closest approach […]
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Achieves Record-Breaking Close Encounter with the Sun
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Successfully Completes Closest Solar Approach and Signals Health After its historic close approach to the Sun, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has […]
Spacecraft Makes Record-Breaking Close Approach to the Sun
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Makes Record-Breaking Attempt to “Touch” the Sun A NASA spacecraft is on the verge of making history with the closest-ever approach […]
Parker Solar Probe to Set New Speed Record in Historic Christmas Eve Solar Encounter
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe to Shatter Speed Record in Historic Christmas Eve Solar Flyby NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is set to make history on December […]
After more than 40 years, NASA’s Voyager reconnects using a device last used in 1981.
At 15.4 billion miles from Earth, Voyager 1 continues its journey in interstellar space, but its time may be running out. Recently, NASA’s flight engineers […]
NASA’s Voyager 1 Reawakens After 15 Billion Miles, Powered by 1981 Technology
NASA’s 47-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft, now over 15 billion miles from Earth in interstellar space, recently resumed communication after a brief halt using a radio […]
Preparations Intensify as ‘Planet Killer’ Asteroid, Cruise Ship-Sized, Approaches Earth
Astronomy’s most notorious asteroid is big, solid, and headed our way. In less than five years, Apophis—the “God of Chaos”—will come especially close to Earth. […]
Massive Asteroid to Fly Between Earth and Moon This Saturday
Earth is surrounded by rocky bodies and debris left over from the formation of the solar system approximately 4.5 billion years ago. On Saturday, one […]
NASA Postpones Lunar Missions Due to Technical and Safety Challenges
NASA has rescheduled two lunar missions due to developmental and safety challenges. The American space agency’s Artemis program, aimed at returning astronauts to the moon […]