Using data collected by the now-deceased Cassini spacecraft, astronomers suggest the planet’s rings formed during the age of dinosaurs on Earth
Solar System
Solar System
Space Exploration
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has gone silent
This concludes the revolutionary mission to the Asteroid Belt after 11 years of service
Solar System
Astronomers are awaiting the awakening of the Martian Opportunity rover
The global dust storm is slowly subsiding, and the rover’s team is hoping that the rover will soon make contact again
Space Exploration
Voyager 1 fires up its thrusters for the first time in almost 40 years
NASA’s farthest and fastest spacecraft is the only human-made object that has reached beyond the comfort of our Solar System
News
New Horizons Update: NASA temporarily loses contact with spacecraft
Just days before New Horizons is due to make its historic flyby of Pluto, NASA temporarily loses contact with the spacecraft
Space Exploration
How far can we send a spacecraft before we lose contact with it?
We take a look at the communications involved with spacecraft making their way out of the Solar System
Space Exploration
What does NASA’s Deep Space Network do?
We take a look at the capabilities of this great network of radio telescopes