En route to an asteroid, spacecraft snaps ghostly views of Earth
The first view below, taken by Hera's Asteroid Framing Camera, shows Earth's dominant white clouds over the sunlit Pacific ...
Instrument uses millimeter-wave radar to measure density of dust that kicks up from spacecraft thrusters
Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign developed an instrument to measure the density of the dust that ...
Asteroid-Seeking Spacecraft Snaps Poignant Views Of Earth
ESA's Hera spacecraft captured farewell views of Earth and the moon as it sails away into space to investigate the asteroid ...
Spacecraft blasts off to hunt alien life on a distant moon
A spacecraft that will hunt for signs of alien life on one of Jupiter’s icy moons has blasted off from Cape Canaveral, ...
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Will NASA’s Europa Clipper Really Find Aliens? Here’s What the Spacecraft Can and Can’t Do
To learn about the potential for life in a hidden ocean on Jupiter's moon Europa, NASA will hunt for plumes and "crop circles ...
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Spacecraft is on its way
About the spacecraft: The solar-powered spacecraft Europa Clipper ascended through Earth’s atmosphere on a SpaceX Falcon ...
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Advanced Monitoring Systems to Prevent Spacecraft Damage
The experiments focus on detecting and analyzing so-called acoustic emissions propagating through the structure as elastic ultrasonic waves. These emissions, known as Lamb waves, are a good sign of ...