Tag: spacecraft
NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft, Exploring Solar System Origins, Is Back on Track after Thrusters Lost Power
NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft, Exploring Solar System Origins, Is Back on Track after Thrusters Lost Power This explorer spacecraft is heading to a rare asteroid with a naked metal core. It could hold clues to how Earth began By Josh Fischman edited by Dean Visser Artist rendering of the Psyche spacecraft in orbit around its namesake…
Resilience, a Private Japanese Spacecraft, Crash-Landed on the Moon
A Japanese Spacecraft Has Crash-Landed on the Moon—Again Investigations by the Japanese company ispace identified issues with speed and an altitude sensor that likely doomed the lander By Rachel Fieldhouse & Nature magazine A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket transported the M2 lunar lander into space. Join Our Community of Science Lovers! A Japanese spacecraft has…
What to Know about Kosmos-482, the Soviet Spacecraft Crash-Landing on Earth
This Soviet Spacecraft Will Soon Crash-Land on Earth Kosmos-482, a failed mission to Venus from the former Soviet Union that stalled in Earth orbit in the 1970s, is about to fall back to our planet. Exactly where or when it will strike, however, remains unknown By Lee Billings edited by Dean Visser An artist’s concept…
Blue Ghost, a Private U.S. Spacecraft, Successfully Lands on the Moon
Blue Ghost, a Private U.S. Spacecraft, Lands on the Moon After its successful lunar touchdown, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost mission could soon be joined on the moon by two more commercial spacecraft By Lee Billings edited by Dean Visser An artist’s impression of Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 lander on the lunar surface. Blue…
SpaceX launches its Starship rocket on latest test flight but spacecraft is destroyed
By The Associated Press SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its latest test flight Thursday, catching the booster back at the pad but losing contact with the ascending spacecraft as engines went out. Officials for Elon Musk’s company said the spacecraft was destroyed. The spacecraft was supposed to soar across the Gulf of Mexico on…