Spacecraft
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NASA Spacecraft Snaps Korean Orbiter Zipping Past It at 7,200 MPH
At the first imaging opportunity, LRO was oriented down 43 degrees from its typical position of looking down at the…
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The world’s most traveled crew transport spacecraft will launch again tonight
Enlarge / A Falcon 9 rocket with SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft stands on Launch Complex 39A ahead of a…
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US pulls off first moon landing since 1972 with spacecraft Odysseus | News
Odysseus is the first spacecraft built by a private company to land on the lunar surface. The United States has…
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Varda Space, Rocket Lab nail first-of-its-kind spacecraft landing in Utah
A spacecraft containing pharmaceutical drugs that were grown on orbit has finally returned to Earth today after more than eight…
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After rockets and spacecraft, Rocket Lab’s next frontier could be applications
Rocket Lab is exploring possible applications for a satellite constellation that they would build, launch and operate in-house, similar to…
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Varda Space Industries finally gets approval to bring its drug manufacturing spacecraft back to Earth
Varda Space Industries has received long-awaited approval from regulators to return its first spacecraft to Earth — and with it,…
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NASA Engineers Are Desperately Trying to Save Voyager 1, the Most Distant Spacecraft Ever
An artist’s illustration of one of the Voyager spacecraft | Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA engineers are working hard to resolve a…
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A Japanese spacecraft faceplanted on the Moon and lived to tell the tale
Japan’s SLIM spacecraft is seen nose down on the surface of the Moon. Japan’s first lunar lander made an unsteady…
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NASA urged Astrobotic not to send its hamstrung spacecraft toward the Moon
Enlarge / A camera on Astrobotic’s Peregrine spacecraft captured this view of a crescent Earth during its mission. Astrobotic knew…
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Japan becomes the fifth nation to land a spacecraft on the Moon
Enlarge / Artist’s illustration of the SLIM spacecraft on final descent to the Moon. The Japanese space agency’s first lunar…
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