Electric propulsion is being increasingly used on space missions and could ultimately replace thrusters using chemical ...

Another challenge is designing spacecraft that can last for years—or even decades. Deep space missions, like Voyager 1 and 2, ...

NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft—currently cruising in interstellar ... “The two Voyager spacecraft could remain in the range of the Deep Space Network through about 2036, depending on how ...

The spacecraft's fault protection system ... transmissions on the S-band antenna could not be heard by NASA's Deep Space Network, meaning that Voyager 1 had effectively fallen silent.

Earlier this month, the Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of an unusual asteroid close to Earth. Turns out, it was ...

She has participated in many of NASA's planetary exploration missions, including Galileo, Deep Space 1 and the Voyager mission to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. On the Voyager mission ...

Only the US, Russia and China have previously docked in space. The expertise is critical for advanced missions.