Next month NASA's Lucy probe will visit an asteroid that's been waiting 150 million years to say hello
NASA's Lucy spacecraft will soon travel by asteroid Donaldjohanson, which formed roughly 150 million years ago.
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NASA's Psyche Spacecraft Photographs Mars And Jupiter Lining Up In Space
In late January this year, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft turned its cameras to the sky and captured some incredible images. The twin cameras onboard, part of the spacecraft’s imaging system, photographed ...
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NASA's Europa Clipper will fly close to Mars today on way to Jupiter's icy moon
This maneuver is designed to adjust the spacecraft's trajectory and position it for a critical phase in its 1.8-billion-mile (2.9-billion-kilometer) trek to the Jupiter system. The probe's ...
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Why so many spacecraft carry magnetometers
The public is enamored of images returned to Earth by space probes. Whether they show the moons of Jupiter, the rings of Saturn, or the icy surface of Pluto, these captivating images garner loads ...
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NASA's Lucy spacecraft captures first images of asteroid Donaldjohanson
Launched on October 16, 2021, Lucy is on its way to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids and has its next target in its sights: asteroid Donaldjohanson. As reported by Space.com, the spacecraft performed a ...
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NASA tweaks Voyager probes to help them hit a half century of service
They were the third and fourth spacecraft to visit Jupiter and Saturn, and Voyager 2 was the first to visit Uranus and Neptune – providing a treasure trove of information that exceeded anything ...