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NASA just performed a 'miracle save' for its farthest spacecraft
NASA engineers have brought a set of obsolete thrusters back from the dead on the Voyager 1 probe, just before losing their ...
Final images of doomed Soviet spacecraft before it crashed back to Earth after 53 years in space
The Russian Space Agency Roscosmos reported on Saturday (May 10): "The spacecraft entered the dense layers of the atmosphere ...
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NASA resurrects Voyager 1 interstellar spacecraft's thrusters after 20 years: 'These thrusters were considered dead'
NASA engineers have miraculously revived the Voyager 1 interstellar probe's backup thrusters — components that hadn't been ...
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Perseverance Mars rover becomes 1st spacecraft to spot auroras from the surface of another world
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover made skywatching history in March, becoming the first robot to witness auroras from the ...
Soviet Spacecraft Crash Lands on Earth After a Journey of Half a Century
Kosmos-482, a spacecraft bound for Venus in 1972, was a time capsule from the Cold War when superpowers had broad ambitions ...
A spacecraft from the 1970s crash-landed on Earth on Saturday. Here’s where.
Launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 was part of a series of missions bound for Venus.
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How spacecraft ‘brake’ in space using drag
An aerospace engineer explains why NASA, Space Force and other agencies are using or testing aerobraking for more ...
A Soviet spacecraft is about to crash into Earth 53 years after it was launched. Here's what to know.
A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus a half century ago is expected to plunge uncontrolled back to Earth within ...
Scientist reveals risk of doomed Soviet spacecraft due to plunge down to Earth
An out of control Soviet spacecraft is due to crash back down to Earth this week after being stuck in space for more than 50 ...
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Soviet-era spacecraft plunges to Earth more than 50 years after failed launch
A Soviet-era spacecraft has plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than half a century after its failed launch to Venus. The ...
NASA's surprise after a spacecraft on a space mission captured a stunning photograph of an asteroid
The constant monitoring of space and everything that happens beyond the Earth's atmosphere has been going on for years. Humans are looking for answers and trying to control the pos ...
Soviet era spacecraft trapped in orbit for 50 years could fall in UK in just days
The spacecraft launched as the USSR attempted to reach Venus, will crash back to Earth this week as scientists try to ...