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First Apex spacecraft working well after launch
Aries SN1, the first satellite from Apex, is seen in the center deploying from the Falcon 9 upper stage on the Transporter-10 mission. Credit: Apex Updated 4:40 p.m. Eastern to revise company funding. WASHINGTON — Spacecraft manufacturer Apex says its first satellite is alive and well after a launch March 4. The Los Angeles-based company
The Juno spacecraft spotted evidence of a salty ocean on Jupiter’s biggest moon
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has been exploring Jupiter since it arrived at the planet in 2016. In recent years, the mission has turned its attention to the gas giant’s many moons, including the hellish volcanic world Io and the ice ball Europa. Now, in research published in Nature Astronomy, the Juno team revealed new photos of
US to test nuclear-powered spacecraft by 2027
RIYADH: Techstars, a US venture capital firm, announced a new partnership to continue the Techstars Riyadh Accelerator in collaboration with the Saudi Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Raed Ventures and the National Bank of Saudi Arabia. The accelerator focuses on startups in the Middle East and North Africa that are establishing and growing their
Two NASA spacecraft detect biggest meteor strikes at Mars
MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace WriterOct. 27, 2022Updated: Oct. 27, 2022 4:22 p.m.This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 1of6In this image made available by NASA on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022, boulder-size blocks of water ice are seen around the rim of an impact crater on Mars, as viewed by the High-Resolution Imaging Science
NASA spacecraft on track for asteroid deflection experiment
Artist’s concept of the DART spacecraft, with its LICIACube ride along spacecraft, approaching asteroids Didymos and Dimorphos. Credit: NASAA NASA spacecraft is aiming to slam into a stadium-size asteroid at more than 14,000 mph Monday in a planetary defense experiment to test a technique that could be used in the future to divert threatening asteroids
NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Cruising Outbound 30 Million Miles From Earth – Solar Array Testing Continues
By NASA January 13, 2022 NASA’s Lucy mission is the first spacecraft launched to explore the Trojan asteroids, a population of primitive asteroids orbiting in tandem with Jupiter. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center The Lucy spacecraft, launched on October 16, 2021, is now over 30 million miles, or 48 million kilometers, from Earth and…