In a feat of engineering and perseverance, NASA has successfully reactivated thrusters on its legendary Voyager 1 spacecraft, propelling it further into the vast expanse of interstellar space. Despite its advanced age and countless challenges, Voyager 1 continues to defy expectations and provide invaluable insights into the cosmic frontier. A Journey of … [Read more...] about NASA Activates Thrusters on Voyager from 24,630,000,000 Kilometers Away
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Spacecraft Takes Close Up Video of the Sun, Revealing Otherworldly Hellscape
The European Space Agency (ESA) has unveiled a mesmerizing spectacle captured by its Solar Orbiter, offering an unprecedented glimpse into the Sun's tumultuous domain. The stunning footage, recorded last year, showcases the Sun's turbulent surface in vivid detail, presenting a surreal vista reminiscent of an otherworldly hellscape. The Solar Orbiter's daring maneuver brought … [Read more...] about Spacecraft Takes Close Up Video of the Sun, Revealing Otherworldly Hellscape
Chinese Spacecraft Emitting Strong Signal Over North America
In a perplexing turn of events, China's covert spaceplane, Shenlong, has once again captured global attention by releasing six enigmatic objects into Earth's orbit. This marks the third occurrence within the span of three years, leaving experts and amateur astronomers intrigued about the purpose and nature of these mysterious entities. Designated as OBJECTs A through F by … [Read more...] about Chinese Spacecraft Emitting Strong Signal Over North America
Spacecraft Protection And Hypervelocity Impacts
The consequences of meteoroid and debris impacts on spacecraft can range from small surface pits due to micrometre-size impactors and clear-hole penetrations for millimetre-size objects, to mission-critical damage for projectiles larger than 1 cm. Any impact of a 10 cm catalogue object on a spacecraft or orbital stage will most likely entail a catastrophic disintegration … [Read more...] about Spacecraft Protection And Hypervelocity Impacts