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OTD In Space - April 5: Pioneer 11 Launches To Jupiter And Saturn
On April 5, 1973, NASA launched the Pioneer 11 mission into the outer solar system. Pioneer 11 would become the first spacecraft to fly by Saturn, and it flew by Jupiter and the asteroid belt along the way. It launched about a month...
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NASA Ejects Orion Spacecraft's Forward Bay Cover In Test
NASA tested the Orion spacecraft forward bay cover's ejection mechanism at the Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio. Credit: NASA/Jordan Salkin and Quentin Schwinn | edited by Space.com
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Animation From Spacecraft Data: Fly Over A Mountain And Lava Lake On Jupiter's Moon Lo
NASA Juno spacecraft data has been used to create an animation of "Steeple Mountain" and a lava lake known as Loki Patera on Jupiter's moon Io. Credit: Space.com | NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS | edited by Steve Spaleta
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See ESA Hera Spacecraft's Trajectory To The Didymos Asteroid System
ESA’s Hera mission is two-year flight to the Didymos binary asteroid system. See its trajectory here. Credit: ESA - European Space Agency
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SpaceX Dragon Moved To New Parking Spot On Space Station
The SpaceX Crew-9 astronauts, including two crew members formerly aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, moved their Crew Dragon capsule to another docking port to make way for a new cargo Dragon arrival. Credit: SpaceX
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Comet A3 Photobombs Sun Observatory During Powerful X-Flare
Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) has come within the sights of the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory. The spacecraft captured a coronal mass ejection generated from a powerful X1.8-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics...
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Flashback - Space Shuttle Snags A Spinning Satellite With Canadarm
Retired Canadian Space Agency astronaut Marc Garneau describes the time he picked up a spinning satellite in space known as Spartan 207. Garneau retrieved the satellite in May 1996 during space shuttle mission STS-77, using the Canadarm....
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SpaceX CRS-31 Dragon Spacecraft Docks With Space Station
SpaceX's CRS-31 Dragon spacecraft is scheduled docked with the International Space Station. Broadcast courtesy: NASA
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OTD In Space - November. 5: Galileo Spacecraft Flies By Jupiter’s Moon Amalthea
On November 5, 2002, NASA's old Galileo spacecraft was almost out of fuel. But the Jupiter mission still had some science to do. ‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com Galileo flew by a small moon called Amalthea. Amalthea is...
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OTD In Space - November. 3: Laika The Dog Launches With Sputnik 2
On November 3, 1957, a Soviet space dog named Laika became the first animal to orbit Earth. ‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com Laika was a 3-year-old stray husky-spitz mix from the streets of Moscow, and she was recruited...
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OTD In Space - November. 2: 1st Crew Arrives At The International Space Station
On November 2, 2000, the International Space Station welcomed its first long-term residents: NASA astronaut Bill Shepherd and two Russian cosmonauts, Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev. ‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com The...
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NASA's Europa Clipper launches to Jupiter to investigate whether ocean moon could support life
NASA's latest mission will explore a potentially habitable ocean world orbiting Jupiter.
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SpaceX | Sonic Boom And Landing In Florida
Watch a SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage descend to a landing zone in Florida after launching Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft. Credit: SpaceX | edited by Space.com''s Steve Spaleta
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SpaceX Dragon Crew Is 'Go For EVA Operations' In Animation
A SpaceX Dragon crew vents and begins to exit the spacecraft for a spacewalk in this animation. Credit: SpaceX
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Video: Amazing Time-Lapse Of Artemis 1 Spacecraft Re-Entering Earth Atmosphere
See how Orion spacecraft from NASA's Artemis 1 mission enters Earth's atmosphere after its successful mission around the moon. Footage shows 25 minutes of re-entry and parachute footage time-lapsed to 1 minute here. Credit: Space.com |...
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Time-Lapse Of Progress Cargo Spacecraft Docking With Space Station
The Russian Progress MS-28 freighter docked with the International Space Station. It is carrying nearly three tons of food, scientific equipment and other supplies. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA | edited by Steve Spaleta
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NASA's largest-ever planetary spacecraft is due to launch next month
The spacecraft is approximately 5 m tall and measures over 30.5 m in width with its arrays fully extended.
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Europa Clipper: NASA's largest-ever planetary spacecraft is due to launch next month
The Jupiter-bound spacecraft is approximately 5 m tall and measures over 30.5 m in width with its arrays fully extended.
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Massive Rocket Launch - SpaceX Starbase Facility
NASA video: Views of several angles of SpaceX Starship’s test flight. The massive rocket launched from SpaceX's Starbase facility in South Texas. Footage Released Under Freedom Of Information Act By NASA - SpaceX Starship’s Flight...
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Private Cygnus Cargo Ship Captured By Space Station Robotic Arm
The Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft was captured by the International Space Station's robotic arm. Credit: NASA
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SpaceX Sonic Boom And Landing In Florida
Watch a SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage descend to a landing zone in Florida after launching Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft. Credit: SpaceX | edited by Space.com''s Steve Spaleta
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OTD In Space - September 1: Pioneer 11 Becomes 1st Spacecraft To Visit Saturn
On Sept. 1, 1979, NASA's robotic space probe Pioneer 11 became the first spacecraft to fly by Saturn. Pioneer 11 launched in 1973 on a mission to explore the Asteroid Belt, Jupiter and Saturn. It launched directly toward Jupiter, then...
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Mission to Mars: Future Megaprojects
NASA has a three-phase plan to send humans to Mars by 2040, including building new spacecraft, testing deep-space missions, and learning how to live on the Red Planet. Alongside efforts by private companies like SpaceX, NASA is working...
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Humanity’s Relentless Pursuit of the Final Frontier
Humanity has always been driven by a desire to explore—from sailing the Earth’s seas to launching spacecraft into the cosmos. Through decades of innovation, the Space Shuttle became a symbol of that pursuit, enabling construction of the...