NASA fires up powerful lithium-fed thruster for trips to Mars

A technology that could propel crewed missions to Mars and robotic spacecraft throughout the solar system was recently put to ...
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NASA powers down Voyager 1 instrument as team prepares 'Big Bang' fix

On April 17, 2026, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory sent a command across 15 billion miles of space to shut down one of ...

See a solar sail in the night sky - NASA explains how

NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) will be visible from the ground. Find out when you can see it on the NASA ...

NASA's Perseverance Rover Discovers Ruby-Forming Crystals Hidden in Martian Pebbles

There are aluminium-rich outcrops elsewhere on the planet and there are impacts, but I thought it was very shocking to see ...
Space Coast Daily

Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Shut Off Instrument on Voyager 1 to Keep Spacecraft Operating

On April 17, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California sent commands to shut down an instrument.

Mars did have complex carbon. A NASA rover found its hiding place.

NASA's Curiosity rover took this selfie at a site on Mars where it drilled a sample to search for organic molecules in ...

A renewed threat to JPL as the Trump administration tries again to cut NASA

The cuts, proposed in the Trump administration's 2027 budget request to Congress, would pose further challenges to the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

To Keep the Voyager 1 Spacecraft on Its Interstellar Journey, NASA Turned Off One of Its Few Remaining Instruments

The probe launched almost 50 years ago and is the farthest human-made object from Earth. Shutting down one of its scientific ...

NASA's Curiosity rover uncovers metal‑rich hotspot tied to ancient Martian lake

A team of scientists using the ChemCam instrument on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has discovered the highest amounts of iron, ...