Spacecraft

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Knot theory could help spacecraft navigate crowded solar systems

“Nanostitches” enable lighter and tougher composite materials. In research that may lead to next-generation airplanes and spacecraft, MIT engineers used carbon nanotubes to prevent cracking in multilayered composites.

When the Apollo astronauts were out of radio contact with the ground, they had a tape recorder inside their spacecraft that recorded their private, unguarded conversations. These transcripts were classified until the late 1970s because they included detailed information about Apollo operations

Rocket Lab Selected by Space Systems Command to Build and Launch Spacecraft for Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) Mission

If We Want to Visit More Asteroids, We Need to Let the Spacecraft Think for Themselves

NASA, Lockheed Martin working to resolve Artemis II Orion issues, deliver spacecraft around summer's end

Spacecraft landing on the moon can create a temporary (over 2 lunar days) atmosphere with their exhaust gases, contaminating the ice water held in cold traps near the poles

NASA Communicates with Ailing Voyager 1 Spacecraft

Widespread solar storm struck spacecraft near the sun, Earth and even Mars

China names the spacecraft that will put its astronauts on the moon (video)

Asteroid Struck by a Spacecraft Might Be 'Healing' as Its Surface Reforms

Odysseus Moon Lander Sends Photos Home Before Spacecraft Likely Dies

Russia's space weapon: Anti-satellite systems are indiscriminate, posing a risk to everyone's spacecraft

Intuitive Machines' Houston-made spacecraft will try to land on the moon today

Sian Proctor on her legacy of being the 1st Black woman to pilot a spacecraft

Europa Clipper launches in October, a spacecraft designed to unlock the secrets of Jupiter's moon, which holds twice as much water as all of Earth's oceans combined. “And that ocean has been there for 4 billion years. It's full of chemistry, it's full of energy, and maybe the ingredients for life.”

Get a sneak peek inside the Artemis 2 spacecraft that will fly astronauts to the moon for the 1st time in 50 years (photos)

NASA's final tally shows spacecraft returned double the amount of asteroid rubble

ISS astronauts show what it's like to capture a spacecraft with a robotic arm (video)

Teams Add Iconic NASA ‘Worm’ Logo to Artemis II Rocket, Spacecraft