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NASA's 47-year-old Voyager 1 space probe, which is the farthest from Earth, has resumed operations after seven months of technical problems. In November 2023, the probe began sending unreadable data, prompting NASA engineers to launch an investigation.
NASA is preparing to launch two miniature CubeSats for the PREFIRE mission, which are designed to study the Earth's poles. The first satellite was successfully launched on 25 May using a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Mahia, New Zealand, and the second is scheduled for 1 June.
The future of the first mission of the Boeing Starliner spacecraft crew remains uncertain. NASA said that the launch scheduled for 25 May has been cancelled, and a new date has not yet been set.
The European Mars rover known as Rosalind Franklin has been given a chance for revival thanks to a new cooperation agreement with NASA.
Last week, NASA announced a partnership with technology company Howe Industries to develop a new engine that could take humans to Mars in just two months, as opposed to the current nine-month journey to the Red Planet.
NASA has approved the first manned launch of the Starliner. The new Boeing spacecraft will be ready to deliver astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) and back.
NASA's experimental laser communications system, known as Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC), worked with the Psyche spacecraft. This system was used to transmit data over a distance of more than 140 million miles (226 million kilometres).
Boeing has announced a reduction in the number of employees working on the Space Launch System (SLS) programme due to "external factors" that are not related to the programme itself.
NASA is planning to land a car-sized drone on Saturn's largest moon, Titan, as part of the Dragonfly drone mission.
NASA has opened a new page in the history of space travel and started testing the Orion capsule for the Artemis II mission.
ULA has completed a historic milestone and launched its Delta IV Heavy rocket into space for the last time.
NASA engineers have revealed the cause of the malfunction of the Voyager 1 spacecraft, which was launched into interstellar space more than 46 years ago.
User @MKBHD asked on social network X if it was possible to film the solar eclipse on a smartphone and NASA representatives gave an answer to the question.
NASA has selected Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost and Venturi Astrolab to develop the lunar transport vehicle (LTV) capability that Artemis astronauts will use to navigate the lunar surface, conduct scientific research during the Artemis campaign on the Moon and prepare for manned missions to Mars.
NASA has announced that three companies - Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost and Venturi Astrolab - are developing their own lunar vehicles (LTVs).
