Space on MSN15d
Electric spacecraft propulsion may soon take a leap, thanks to new supercomputer
Electric propulsion is being increasingly used on space missions and could ultimately replace thrusters using chemical ...
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Water-based plasma thrusters could power spacecraft for deep space missions
The new approach called the Water-based Electric Thrusters (WET) aims to develop a method of converting water into plasma, a ...
NASA’s Europa Clipper Captures First Starfield Images From Deep Space
NASA’s Europa Clipper is well on its way to Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, set to arrive in 2030. While its science instruments ...
Space on MSN1d
How NASA Communicates With Artemis 1 During Missions
NASA’s Deep Space Network and Near Space Network will be the communication hubs for the Artemis 1 mission during its journey ...
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NASA’s Deep Space Mission Control Is Empty for the First Time in 6 Decades as L.A. Wildfires Rage
Deep Space Network operations, normally conducted at JPL, have been moved offsite to a back-up operations center.” In a bit of good news, the DSN team maintained contact with its spacecraft ...
Space.com26d
Los Angeles fires leave NASA's Deep Space Network mission control empty for 1st time in 60 years
This forced the space agency to evacuate the iconic laboratory — leaving the Caltech-managed mission control center for the Deep Space Network, aka NASA's communications hub for missions to Mars ...