Private spacecraft burns up in Earth's atmosphere after failing to rescue aging NASA telescope

The robotic spacecraft that failed to rescue an aging NASA telescope has plunged back to Earth, disintegrating in the ...
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NASA's DART: Redirecting an asteroid to protect Earth

The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to ...
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Private spacecraft returns home after its attempt to rescue an aging NASA telescope does not work

The private spacecraft sent to help an aging NASA telescope has begun its return to Earth after the rescue attempt failed.

Spacecraft returns to Earth after rescue mission for ageing Nasa telescope fails

Series of in-flight problems meant Link, a ‘commercial space robot’, could not salvage the Nasa observatory ...

With PRIMA, NASA will try to build a billion-dollar space telescope in record time

The first in a new class of space telescopes is on track to reach the launch pad in the early 2030s, NASA announced this week ...
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NASA Selects Far-Infrared Telescope as First in New Mission Class

NASA announced Wednesday a mission to explore the history and evolution of the universe, PRIMA (PRobe far-Infrared Mission ...

After failure of private rescue mission, NASA's Swift space telescope will crash back to Earth. But when and where?

A private spacecraft failed to rescue NASA's Swift space telescope, meaning the big observatory will come crashing back to Earth in the near future. But details are sparse at the moment.

NASA's newest Mars images offer striking clues to Earth's neighbor

Uncrewed vehicles like the Perseverance and Curiosity rovers (as well as orbiters) have for years captured stunning photos of Mars. Here are the latest.
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NASA’s New 3D Model Shows the Earth Is a Lumpy Mess

We like to think of our home as a nice, smooth sphere. But mapping the Earth’s gravitational field provides a different view of the planet. a new visualization of Earth looks nothing like the Blue ...

30 Years Ago, American Astronaut Finally Returned to Earth After Unexpected Rocket Repairs Kept Her in Space for 6 Months

Lucid is the only American woman to have stayed on the Russian space station, Mir ...

NASA Astronaut Jessica Meir Captures Patagonia Icefields From Space, Calls It "Earth Art"

The photograph focuses on the topography of the Northern Patagonia Icefields as seen from space.