Posted on May 17, 2025May 22, 2025Categories Science   Leave a comment on Private lunar spacecraft sends home breathtaking moon snapshot

Private lunar spacecraft sends home breathtaking moon snapshot

The company is weeks away from a landing attempt. A Japanese commercial spacecraft is zeroing in on its second attempt at a lunar landing, now flying laps around the moon. The company ispace entered lunar orbit more than a week ago, sending its Resilience lander soaring about 62 miles above the surface at …

Posted on May 17, 2025May 22, 2025Categories Science   Leave a comment on NASA just performed a 'miracle save' for its farthest spacecraft

NASA just performed a 'miracle save' for its farthest spacecraft

Voyager 1 keeps on trucking. NASA engineers have brought a set of obsolete thrusters back from the dead on the Voyager 1 probe, just before losing their ability to talk to the aging spacecraft. Over a half-century, Voyager 1 has sprinted about 38,000 mph and become the farthest human-made object, crossing …