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The farthest spacecraft from Earth are shutting off instruments in interstellar space
Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, originally designed to fly by the largest planets in our solar system, are now the most distant ...
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Solar Orbiter ready for close encounter with Venus
During the maneuver, Solar Orbiter will continue to point its "front"—its instruments and, more importantly, its heat shield—towards the sun to keep the spacecraft safe. That means it won't be ...
India's Aditya-L1 solar probe watches powerful flare erupt from the sun
India's Aditya-L1 spacecraft captured detailed observations of a powerful solar flare last year, helping scientists better ...
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China to send a spacecraft out of the ecliptic to study the Sun’s poles
The Solar Polar-orbit Observatory will be equipped with a suite of advanced instruments to carry out its science objectives. Its remote sensing instruments include a Magnetic and Helioseismic ...
Total lunar eclipse: As the Moon goes dark, can these 2 solar-powered probes survive?
During a lunar eclipse, NASA’s LRO and Firefly’s Blue Ghost fight to survive hours of freezing darkness. With failing ...
There's a total lunar eclipse coming. How will these 2 solar-powered moon probes survive the darkness?
The total lunar eclipse on March 13-14 will plunge moon missions into darkness. What will happen to the lunar spacecraft?