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WASHINGTON — NASA is still working on a strategy to procure a Mars communications spacecraft funded in the budget reconciliation bill even as the agency moves more towards a services approach to communications. To continue reading this article: Register now and get3 free articles every month. You’ll also receive our weekly SpaceNews This Week newsletter every Friday. Opt-out at any …

A group of technicians works to complete final inspections and checkouts of NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) spacecraft inside a cleanroom at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Florida. Image: John Pisani / Spaceflight Now Technicians inside a pair of clean rooms at the Astrotech facility in Titusville, Florida, are busily readying a trio of spacecraft that will study …

Voyager 2 wasn’t designed like any ordinary spacecraft, it was designed to last. With redundant systems, minimal moving parts, and power sources meant to survive decades, NASA ensured that this craft could keep working even when Earth itself may no longer be recognisable. Source link

The night sky often offers a sense of tranquillity, but occasionally, celestial visitors remind us of the dynamic universe we inhabit. One such visitor, asteroid 2025 PM2, is currently on a trajectory near Earth, capturing the attention of scientists, astronomers, and space enthusiasts alike. Measuring approximately 190 feet (58 metres) in diameter and travelling at nearly 41,390 miles per hour, …

From Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars, explore the world of human spaceflight with NASA each week on the official podcast of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Listen to in-depth conversations with the astronauts, scientists and engineers who make it possible. On episode 399, NASA astronaut Suni Williams reflects on her record-breaking mission, her perspective after returning …

Since its discovery in 1999, the near-Earth asteroid Bennu has captivated scientists as a time capsule from the early solar system — and also as a key to possibly understanding the origins of life. To study the asteroid in depth, NASA launched the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to Bennu. The probe collected samples in 2020 and returned them to Earth in 2023. …

Mysterious ‘alien’ comet puzzles NASA scientists  Chron James Webb Space Telescope takes 1st look at interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS with unexpected results  Space Is it a comet, or an alien spacecraft? Here’s what one Harvard scientist says  NBC Boston A Steeply-Rising Production of Cyanide and Nickel Without Iron in the Gas Plume Around 3I/ATLAS  Avi Loeb – Medium NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is latest …

Rocky material that impacted Mars lies scattered in giant lumps throughout the planet’s mantle, offering clues about Mars’ interior and its ancient past. What appear to be fragments from the aftermath of massive impacts on Mars that occurred 4.5 billion years ago have been detected deep below the planet’s surface. The discovery was made thanks to NASA’s now-retired InSight lander, …

With shiny new next-generation spacecraft come the complex systems required to track their technologically advanced systems. When it comes to NASA’s Orion spacecraft, that need is a whole extra room of monitors. NASA has opened a new complex in the Mission Control Center at its Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston ahead of the Artemis 2 mission to send astronauts …

NASA seeks volunteers to passively track the Artemis II Orion spacecraft as the crewed mission travels to the Moon and back to Earth. The Artemis II test flight, a launch of the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft, will send NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy …