New Horizons spacecraft returns its sharpest views of Ultima Thule The mission team called it a “stretch goal” – just before closest approach, precisely point the cameras on NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft to snap the […]
Using laser beams for communication and coordination of spacecraft swarms Swarms of small spacecraft could have a variety of interesting applications, particularly in terms of Earth observation, global positioning and communications. Compared to large spacecraft, […]
MAVEN spacecraft shrinking its Mars orbit to prepare for Mars 2020 rover NASA’s 4-year-old atmosphere-sniffing Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission is embarking on a new campaign today to tighten its orbit around Mars. […]
Aboard the first spacecraft to the trojan asteroids—NASA Ralph’s next adventure Ralph, one of NASA’s most well-traveled space explorers, has voyaged far and accomplished much: on the New Horizons mission, Ralph obtained stunning flyby images […]
NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft finds that ‘stolen’ electrons enable unusual aurora on Mars Auroras appear on Earth as ghostly displays of colorful light in the night sky, usually near the poles. Our rocky neighbor Mars has […]
Old data, new tricks: Fresh results from NASA’s Galileo spacecraft 20 years on Far across the solar system, from where Earth appears merely as a pale blue dot, NASA’s Galileo spacecraft spent eight years orbiting […]