Earth’s most distant spacecraft, Voyager 1, has started communicating properly again with Nasa after engineers worked for months to remotely fix the 46-year-old probe. Nasa’s…
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Nasa chief warns China is masking military presence in space with civilian programs
The head of Nasa has warned of China bolstering its space capabilities by using civilian programs to mask military objectives, cautioning that Washington must remain…
View More Nasa chief warns China is masking military presence in space with civilian programsMoon Standard Time? Nasa to create lunar-centric time reference system
The White House wants Nasa to figure out how to tell time on the moon. A memo sent on Tuesday from the head of the…
View More Moon Standard Time? Nasa to create lunar-centric time reference systemRussia acknowledges continuing air leak from its segment of space station
Russian space officials have acknowledged a continuing air leak from the Russian segment of the International Space Station, but said it poses no danger to…
View More Russia acknowledges continuing air leak from its segment of space stationOdysseus craft’s moon mission to be cut short after sideways landing
Flight control engineers expect to lose contact with the private US moon lander Odysseus on Tuesday, cutting short the mission five days after its sideways…
View More Odysseus craft’s moon mission to be cut short after sideways landingA year out of this world: Nasa seeks volunteers to simulate Mars mission
For anybody already jaded by the news and joking about a trip to outer space to avoid it all, Nasa might just have you covered.…
View More A year out of this world: Nasa seeks volunteers to simulate Mars mission‘Cosmic time machines’: how space telescopes transformed our ability to understand the universe
If you’ve ever been blown away by an image of outer space, it’s a pretty safe bet it was taken by a spacecraft. That’s no…
View More ‘Cosmic time machines’: how space telescopes transformed our ability to understand the universeSkyscraper-sized asteroid to pass within 1.7m miles of Earth on Friday
An asteroid as big as a skyscraper will pass within 1.7m miles (2.7mkm) of Earth on Friday. Don’t worry: there’s no chance of it hitting…
View More Skyscraper-sized asteroid to pass within 1.7m miles of Earth on FridayDoomed Peregrine moon lander on course for fiery return to Earth
A US spacecraft that malfunctioned on the way to the moon will plunge back to Earth on Thursday evening and burn up in a fireball…
View More Doomed Peregrine moon lander on course for fiery return to EarthWhy landing on the moon is proving more difficult today than 50 years ago
It was a flawless launch. In the early hours of Monday morning, the Vulcan Centaur rocket rattled into the darkness over Cape Canaveral, shed its…
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