Spacecraft Towards Earth

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  NASA’s Artemis 2 Crew to Spend Last Full Day in Space Before Earth Re-Entry

  NASA’s Artemis 2 mission has entered its last full day in space. The Orion spacecraft is speeding towards the Earth, and is scheduled to make a splashdown in less than 24 hours. The US space agency’s first crewed mission in 50 years is expected to bring new insights into deep space missions and will pave the way for future crewed missions to Ma...

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  NASA’s Artemis 2 Astronauts Take Control of the Ship, Perform Key Tests Ahead of Earth Return

  NASA’s Artemis 2 mission is currently moving towards the Earth after the successful lunar flyby. The astronauts were given some time off on Tuesday to recover after spending hours observing and making notes about the lunar surface. On Wednesday, the crew was back to conducting tests, including demonstrating manual piloting of the Orion spacecraft...

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  NASA's Artemis II Mission Astronaut Shares Stunning View Of Earth From Space, Says "There Are No Words"

  This marks the first time in more than 50 years that astronauts on a NASA mission will orbit the Moon.

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  Artemis 2: Astronauts Aboard Orion Spacecraft Begin Journey Towards the Moon on Day 2

  NASA made history on Wednesday after successfully launching the Artemis 2 mission, which is carrying four astronauts to a lunar flyby. This is the first time in the 21st century that NASA has attempted a crewed mission, more than 50 years after the Apollo 17 mission in 1972. During the initial phase, the spacecraft flew around Earth a couple of tim...

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  Starlink Satellite Breaks Apart in Orbit, Begins Uncontrolled Fall Toward Earth After SpaceX Anomaly

  A SpaceX Starlink satellite is tumbling toward Earth after an orbital anomaly caused partial breakup and loss of contact. The company says the spacecraft will safely burn up during reentry, while the incident highlights increasing space safety concerns as satellite numbers continue to grow rapidly.

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  NASA Artemis II Orion Spacecraft Prepares for Historic Crewed Moon Mission with Safety Systems Installed

  NASA’s Artemis II Orion spacecraft has taken another major step toward launch. After being fueled, it was moved to the Launch Abort System Facility at Kennedy Space Centre, where engineers are integrating a 44-foot-tall escape system to protect astronauts during liftoff. The mission will see four astronauts, including one from Canada, fly around ...

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  NASA's New Horizons Proves Deep-Space Navigation via Stellar Parallax

  NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft accomplished a world-first by performing a deep-space stellar navigation test using stellar parallax. On April 23, 2020, while 438 million miles from Earth, it imaged nearby stars Proxima Centauri and Wolf 359. From the spacecraft’s distant viewpoint, the stars appeared slightly shifted compared to Earth-based obs...

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  Lone Soviet Satellite Plunging Towards Earth May Crash Like A Meteorite

  There is a small chance the space probe might survive the reentry when most space objects disintegrate upon entering the Earth's atmosphere.

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  NASA's Oldest Astronaut Don Pettit Returns To Earth On His 70th Birthday

  NASA's oldest serving astronaut Don Pettit became a septuagenarian while hurtling towards the Earth in a spacecraft to wrap up a seven-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

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  NASA Europa Clipper Advances Toward Jupiter’s Moon, Instruments Successfully Deployed

  NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft, launched in October 2024, is journeying toward Jupiter’s moon Europa to study its icy surface and hidden ocean. Currently over 13 million miles from Earth, the spacecraft has successfully deployed its solar arrays, magnetometer boom, and radar antennas. It will use a gravity assist from Mars in March 2025 to ad...