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A Chinese spacecraft has landed on the moon’s far side to collect soil and rock samples that could provide insights…

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft will approach the International Space Station in 2022NASA Boeing’s Starliner capsule will have to wait until its…

original version of this story Appeared in Quanta Magazine.In October, the Falcon Heavy rocket carrying NASA’s European Clipper mission is…

Lunar probe Chang’e 6 sits atop a rocket at China’s Wenchang Space Launch CenterVCG (via Getty Images) The Chang’e 6…

What happens if you design your spacecraft to survive atmospheric reentry, but it doesn’t get the green light from regulators…

Photo taken by the Odysseus spacecraft in lunar orbitintuitive machine Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lander has landed on the moon. This…

On September 26, 2022, NASA’s DART spacecraft collided with the asteroid Dimorphos, changing its orbit around its parent asteroid Didymos.…

Odysseus spacecraft scheduled to launch to the moon on February 14thspace x US company Intuitive Machines is soon to become…

SLIM spacecraft illustrationJAXA Japan’s Smart Lander for Lunar Exploration (SLIM) has landed on the moon. Although the spacecraft is not…

This image of Io was taken by the Juno spacecraft.NASA/SwRI/MSSS Thanks to NASA’s Juno spacecraft, which passed the moon on…