‘Voyager’s failing signals’: The urgent need for a new deep space probe
NASA’s Voyager probes are failing, creating an urgent need for a new deep-space mission. A proposed interstellar probe could ...
NASA’s Next Mission Could Finally Solve the Mystery of Our Solar System’s Edge
The heliosphere, a cosmic bubble formed by the Sun, protects our solar system from interstellar threats and influences life's ...
Radioisotope generators − inside the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft
Radioisotope thermoelectric generators do not rely on chemical reactions like the batteries in your phone. Instead, they rely ...
$488 million NASA mission launched to find secrets about the ‘Big Bang’ and study the Sun
SpaceX has launched National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) latest astrophysics observatory called SPHEREx on Tuesday (Mar 11) from California observatory via Falcon rocket.
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NASA pulls another life-saving maneuver for Voyager from 15 billion miles away
Voyager 1 crossed into interstellar space in 2012, followed by Voyager 2 in 2018, making them the only spacecraft to operate ...
SpaceX, NASA scrub launch of SPHEREx, PUNCH missions
NASA and SpaceX late Monday said they were standing down the launch of the SPHEREx and PUNCH spacecraft missions due to unfavorable weather at the launch site and an issue with one of the spacecrafts.
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Nasa tries to give new lease of life to Voyager missions that have outlived their life-expectancy
Voyager 1 crossed the edge of the heliosphere and the beginning of interstellar space in 2012, while Voyager 2 did so in 2018. No previous human-made spacecraft has ventured beyond interstellar space.
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Palantir Partners with Voyager to Deploy AI Against Space Collisions
March 10 Palantir (PLTR, Financial) announced that it is expanding its AI footprint into space safety by partnering with Denver-based Voyager Technologies to develop advanced solutions designed to ...
‘Every day it could their last’: NASA powers down Voyager probe to stay alive
NASA powers down Voyager probes to save power. Instruments shut off to extend life, as the trailblazing spacecraft push the limits of exploration in deep space.
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SpaceX Again Scrubs Launch of NASA’s SPHEREx and PUNCH Missions
Led by the Southwest Research Institute, PUNCH stands for Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere. The mission consists of four satellites, each around the size of a suitcase. One ...
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NASA switches off Voyager instruments to extend life of the two interstellar spacecraft: 'Every day could be our last.'
The fact that the Voyager spacecraft are the only two human-made objects to make it to interstellar space means that the data they collect is unique. Thus, the decision to switch off any ...
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Our solar system once drifted through Orion’s star-forming region
Scientists often keep an eye on the heliosphere, which is the giant shield of charged particles that wraps around our planetary system. Interstellar gas or dust can compress this boundary if the sun ...