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This maneuver is designed to adjust the spacecraft's trajectory and position it for a critical phase in its 1.8-billion-mile (2.9-billion-kilometer) trek to the Jupiter system. However ...

NASA scientists have confirmed, for the first time, the existence of water above the surface of Europa, one of Jupiter's 79 moons. The study published in the journal Nature Astronomy show that they ...

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The spacecraft will pass just 884 kilometers above the Red Planet in a pivotal step in the spacecraft's journey to the Jupiter system, where it aims to explore the icy moon Europa. The manoeuvre will ...

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If all goes according to plan, the Athena lander will touch down near the moon's south pole on or around March 6. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The private Athena lunar lander is on its way to the moon.

The Blue Ghost lunar lander has captured a striking up-close view of Earth's cosmic neighbor as it prepares in the days ahead to land on the moon. Firefly Aerospace, the Texas-based company ...

Moon rovers are on board the lander, including a suitcase-sized "hopper" that will jump into a deep moon crater where scientists suspect there is ice to take photos. Two space mining missions are ...

You might be able to spot it starting on March 1, said Beatty. A thin crescent moon, Jupiter nearby and two star clusters — Pleiades and Hyades — will create an “enchanting scene,” Goss said.

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