CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — After six months of radio silence, NASA’s Maven spacecraft at Mars has been declared dead. The space agency confirmed Wednesday that the mission had ended after more than a decade of observations. Launched in 2013 to study the red planet’s atmosphere from orbit, Maven mysteriously fell silent in early December after … Read more
China successfully launched another spacecraft Sunday that is set to carry three astronauts to its space station. One crew member aboard the Shenzhou 23 is expected to remain in space for one year, which would be among the world’s longest single stays in space. The spacecraft blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in … Read more
A NASA spacecraft headed toward the asteroid belt will fly past Mars on Friday, aiming to get a boost from the planet’s gravitational field and save some of the propellant it needs to complete the second half of a six-year voyage. The spacecraft, called Psyche after the rare asteroid it will explore, launched in October … Read more
NASA did not respond to requests for comment about the state of the heat shield or when a full analysis of its performance would be available. However, in response to a post on X from Eric Berger, an editor at Ars Technica, about the white patch, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said the white spot was … Read more