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NASA engineers have revived old thrusters on Voyager 1 to prevent a clog from endangering the mission during a planned ...
NASA's PUNCH mission, a tiny constellation of four satellites, captured a photo of the moon drifting across the sky through a ...
NASA engineers have miraculously revived the Voyager 1 interstellar probe's backup thrusters — components that hadn't been ...
These images feature zodiacal light — the faint, diffuse glow created by sunlight scattering off dust particles in orbit.
This exciting discovery opens up new possibilities for auroral research and confirms that auroras could be visible to future ...
A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus a half century ago is expected to plunge uncontrolled back to Earth within ...
Launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 was part of a series of missions bound for Venus.
Kosmos-482, a spacecraft bound for Venus in 1972, was a time capsule from the Cold War when superpowers had broad ambitions ...
Two spacecraft under that program, V-71 No. 670 and V-71 No. 671, launched in 1972, according to McDowell. But only one made ...
The spacecraft, stuck in orbit since 1972 after an unsuccessful mission to Venus, plunged into the Indian Ocean.
An aerospace engineer explains why NASA, Space Force and other agencies are using or testing aerobraking for more ...
Launched in 1972, the failed Venus probe has been stuck in Earth orbit ever since. Now it's hurtling back down to Earth.