Space Exploration

What was the first spacecraft to arrive at a planet?

We recount the day when the first manmade spacecraft made contact with another world

Space Exploration

New Horizons Update: Spacecraft takes inside course for Ultima Thule rendezvous

With no apparent hazards in its way, NASA’s mission has been given a “go” to stay on its optimal path to the Kuiper Belt Object

Juno Update: Spacecraft to graze Jupiter on Saturday

The NASA spacecraft will get closer to the cloud tops of the gas giant than at any other time during its prime mission

Juno Update: Spacecraft releases first image from Jupiter orbit

The JunoCam camera aboard NASA’s mission is operational and sending down data

Two comets to fly safely past Earth early next week

The two space snowballs, which will make their flybys on 21 and 22 March, may be twins

Cassini gets closest ever views of Saturn’s moon Enceladus

NASA’s spacecraft has begun returning its best-ever views of the northern extremes of Saturn’s icy, ocean-bearing moon

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