Keeping Voyager Alive: NASA’s Project Scientist Faces Painful Choices as the Iconic Mission Nears Its End
Linda Spilker, the Voyager mission’s project scientist, spoke to Gizmodo about the challenges that come with operating the ...
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Four space tourists return to Earth after private SpaceX flight over the poles
Bitcoin investor Chun Wang chartered a SpaceX flight for himself and three others in a Dragon capsule that was outfitted with ...
The Secret Cold War History of the Missile That Launched America’s First Satellite
As part of the IGY, the Soviet Union vowed that it would launch an artificial satellite for space science. The U.S., not to ...
Space tourists complete first-ever flight around Earth's poles
Aisha Bowe, a former NASA rocket scientist and tech founder, will become the first person of Bahamian heritage to travel to ...
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Vanguard 1 is the oldest satellite orbiting Earth. Scientists want to bring it home after 67 years
A team that includes aerospace engineers, historians and writers have proposed retrieving the 67-year-old Vanguard 1 satellite from orbit.
SpaceX Puts Humans in Orbit Over Earth’s Poles for the First Time
Chun Wang, a Chinese-born crypto entrepreneur, paid an undisclosed amount for the mission. Some satellites are already in polar orbit, and researchers called it a routine flight.
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Ultra-thin lightsail created for faster space travel
A new ultra-thin lightsail design could cut interstellar travel time by centuries, say scientists from Brown and TU Delft.