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Live long and loiter: Why NASA's ESCAPADE probes will wait a year in space before heading to Mars

"How do you get to Mars when the launch vehicle is not necessarily going to Mars?" ...

A NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars may be dead

NASA lost communication with its MAVEN probe nearly a month ago, and efforts to re-establish a connection have been futile.
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Hubble Probes Cloud-9: New Object Type Unveiled

Explore HubbleHubble HomeOverviewAbout HubbleThe History of HubbleHubble TimelineWhy Have a Telescope in Space?Hubble by the ...
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Lower-cost space missions like NASA's ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and trade‑offs

In theory, leaner NASA oversight, greater use of off‑the‑shelf hardware and narrower science goals can cut costs while ...
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe catches the Sun throwing fire into space — then pulling it back

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has given scientists an unprecedented glimpse of the Sun’s fiery behavior during powerful eruptions ...
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NASA’s Mars Spacecraft Spinning Helplessly After Signal Lost

NASA failed to reestablish contact with its MAVEN spacecraft orbiting Mars and hasn't received any signs of life since December 4.
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SpaceX launches 3 probes for NASA, NOAA to study space weather

Sept. 24 (UPI) --SpaceX launched a trio of spacecraft Wednesday morning, each meant to study the sun and space weather, and their affects on Earth. The Falcon 9 rocket launched from NASA's Kennedy ...
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NASA probes will study potentially dangerous "space weather"

SpaceX launched twin satellites for NASA Wednesday that will study how the electrically-charged solar wind interacts with Earth's magnetic field, creating constantly changing and occasionally ...
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Proposed NASA radio probe could use gravity 'lumpiness' to reveal the insides of alien worlds

Engineers have designed a compact, battery-powered radio probe that could help unlock the secrets of alien planets. The proposed small probe, known as the Gravity Imaging Radio Observer (GIRO), would ...

NASA’s New Mission Will Expose Earth’s Invisible “Halo”

NASA’s Carruthers mission will film Earth’s elusive exosphere to understand space weather, atmospheric escape, and planetary habitability. A NASA mission aims to photograph a feature of Earth that is ...