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NASA’S ICON Space Weather Satellite Has Suddenly Gone Silent
A three-year-old NASA satellite lost touch with ground controllers two weeks ago and is now wandering through low Earth orbit without supervision. Sadly, the space agency fears the worst.
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NASA’s Next Asteroid-Hunting Telescope Will Launch Later and Cost More Than Expected
NASA’s plan for an upcoming infrared asteroid-hunting telescope, called Near Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor, has officially changed. NEO Surveyor’s expected price tag has doubled from an estimated high of $US600 ($833) million to a whopping $US1.2 ($2) billion, while the launch has also been pushed from 2026 to June 2028.
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Orion Will ‘Skip Like a Rock’ Across Earth’s Atmosphere During Upcoming Reentry
The Artemis 1 mission is coming to an end, but that doesn’t mean the hard part is over. The uncrewed Orion spacecraft, currently on its way home from the Moon, must still survive a harrowing reentry through Earth’s atmosphere if it’s to perform a successful splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. NASA is hoping that a…
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Watch Live as Orion Performs Final Lunar Flyby and Sets a Course for Home
NASA’s Orion spacecraft has executed its final close flyby of the Moon, in what is expected to be the last major course correction of the Artemis 1 mission Update: 4:20 am AEDT: Orion successfully completed its return flyby burn, which began at 3:43 am AEDT and lasted for 3 minutes and 27 seconds. The maneuver…