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BepiColombo Mission Returns to Mercury for Best Flyby Views Yet
The BepiColombo mission has completed its fourth and closest pass yet of Mercury, giving us brand-new views of the planet's south pole region.
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See Amazing Images from First-Ever Earth-Moon Flyby
The European mission to Jupiter's icy moons provided us with some amazing views closer to home, of Earth and the Moon.
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Reading the Tea Leaves: The Future of the Hubble and Chandra Space Telescopes
Future funding for NASA's remaining Great Observatories — Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope — is still up in the air.
Star-Mapping Mission Gaia Impacted by Micrometeoroid, Solar Storm
Having survived two recent threats — high-velocity space dust and enhanced solar activity — Gaia is now returning better data than ever.
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China's Chang'e 6 Has Returned with Pieces from the Farside of the Moon
China’s Chang’e 6 mission has brought back material from the farside of the Moon.
Hubble Has Transitioned to New Observing Mode, Continuing Science (Updated)
NASA engineers are working to extend operations for the venerable space telescope. Observations are expected to continue by mid-June.
Whirlwind Chang’e 6 Mission Collects Lunar Samples, Heads Back Home
China Chang’e 6 mission has landed on the Moon and is now set to perform another first: a sample return from the lunar farside.
Voyager 1 and Its Instruments Are Back Online (Updated)
Voyager 1 is once again returning data from two of four science instruments onboard.
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China's Chang'e 6 Mission Heads to the Moon
China’s ambitious Chang’e 6 mission will attempt to return a sample from the lunar farside.
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See Amazing Views of the April 8th Total Solar Eclipse from Space
Millions of viewers were wowed by last week’s total solar eclipse. Now, we get to see the eclipse from another angle: space.
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An Early End for the Chandra X-Ray Observatory?
NASA budget constraints could wind down operations of the iconic Chandra X-Ray Observatory.
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Odysseus Lander Is on the Moon
Odysseus has become the first mission of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program to soft-land on the Moon.
Japan's Lunar Lander Wakes Up (Again!)
The Japanese space agency has reestablished contact with its SLIM lunar lander prior to sunset, enabling mission science to continue.
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The Nova-C Lander Launches for the Moon
The second Commercial Lunar Payload Services mission of 2024 IM-1 Nova-C heads Moonward.
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NASA's Juno Mission Makes Closest Flyby Past Io
Juno has revealed Jupiter's volcanic moon Io as never before.
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NASA Ends Mars Ingenuity Helicopter Mission
NASA’s ground-breaking Ingenuity helicopter, part of the Perseverance mission, comes to a rest on the Red Planet.
Japan's "Sniper" Mission Pinpoints Landing on the Moon — Then Shuts Down
In a first for Japan, the SLIM mission stuck a pinpoint landing on the Moon. How long the mission lasts depends on whether the solar cells begin charging.
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China Launches Einstein X-ray Observatory
China’s Einstein Probe, an X-ray astronomy mission, heads to orbit.
Peregrine Mission Launches Successfully, But Misses the Moon
The first launch of the United Launch Alliance Vulcan-Centaur rocket attempted to send Peregrine Mission One moonward, but a propulsion problem has likely stymied that goal.
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Top Space Missions to Watch for in 2024
Humans' return to cis-lunar space and a flagship spacecraft to Europa are among the missions to come in 2024.
