Spacecraft

NASA Figured Out Why Its Voyager 1 Probe Has Been Glitching for Months

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Dr. Sarah Adams

After months of sending unusable data to mission control, there’s finally hope for the Voyager 1 spacecraft. NASA engineers pinpointed the cause ...

Soyuz crew docks at space station after 2-day rendezvous

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Two days after launch, a Russian Soyuz crew ferry ship caught up with the International Space Station Monday and moved in for ...

Boeing’s Starliner Set for First Astronaut Flight After Engineers Remove a Mile of Flammable Tape

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Dr. Sarah Adams

The Starliner spacecraft is finally ready for launch, targeting a liftoff date in May. It’s been a struggle to get to this ...

Collision with NASA spacecraft altered shape of asteroid Dimorphos

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Dr. Sarah Adams

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When NASA sent its DART spacecraft to slam into the asteroid Dimorphos in 2022, the U.S. ...

NASA Is Still Fighting to Save Its Historic Voyager 1 Spacecraft

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Dr. Sarah Adams

For more than 45 years, the Voyager 1 spacecraft has been cruising through the cosmos, crossing the boundary of our solar system ...

NASA, SpaceX looking to extend lifespan of Crew Dragon spacecraft to 15 flights

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Dr. Sarah Adams

NASA and SpaceX are looking to extend the number of flights that each Crew Dragon capsule can make, from five to 15. ...

China names the spacecraft that will put its astronauts on the moon (video)

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Dr. Sarah Adams

China’s human spaceflight agency has given names to spacecraft being developed to put astronauts on the moon. Mengzhou is the name for ...

New images share unprecedented view of how Odysseus spacecraft landed on the moon

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Remarkable new images ...

Dream Chaser spaceplane reusable and runway-ready

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Dr. Sarah Adams

When NASA’s space shuttle program ended after 30 years in July 2011, so too did a familiar sight often captured on television ...

China names ‘Dream Vessel’ spacecraft it hopes will take astronauts to the moon

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Dr. Sarah Adams

China’s space agency has revealed the names of the spacecraft that it hopes will take Chinese astronauts to the moon by the ...