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NASA Shuts Off Instrument on Voyager 1 to Keep Spacecraft Operating

The Low-energy Charged Particles experiment has been operating almost without interruption since Voyager 1 launched in 1977 - almost 49 years.

https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/voyager/2026/04/17/nasa-shuts-off-instrument-on-voyager-1-to-keep-spacecraft-operating/

#Voyager #science #news #space #spacecraft #astrodon

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#SpaceX Loses Control of #Starship, Adding to #Spacecraft’s *Mixed* Record

Much was riding on Flight 9 for #ElonMusk’s giant moon & #Mars rocket after debris from January & March flights fell into the Atlantic Ocean, disrupting #AirTravel.

#fail
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/science/spacex-starship-launch-elon-musk-mars.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=FCD748A2-B4FE-4B39-A06C-A6FB2DF716B6

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Alien (1979)

#alien #scifi #movies #nostromo #spaceship #spacecraft #spaceshuttle #outerspace #space #spaceexploration #ridleyscott #planets

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Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft after completing the translunar injection burn. There are two auroras (top right & bottom left) and zodiacal light (bottom right) is visible as the Earth eclipses the Sun.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/hello-world/

#Earth #Artemis #Artemis2 #Orion #Integrity #OrionIntegrity #spacecraft #NASA #Moon #space #aurora

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Orion Snaps a Selfie During External Inspection

Orion snapped this high-resolution selfie in space with a camera mounted on one of its solar array wings during a routine external inspection of the spacecraft on the second day into the Artemis II mission. Credit: NASA

https://flic.kr/p/2s5DQ7q

#Artemis #Artemis2 #Orion #Integrity #OrionIntegrity #spacecraft #NASA #Moon #space #news #selfie

A self portrait of the Orion Integrity spacecraft, captured April 3, 2026.

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The difference that 60 years makes.

The first image is the world's first view of Earth taken by a #spacecraft from the vicinity of the #Moon.

The photo was transmitted to #Earth by the United States Lunar Orbiter I and received at the #NASA tracking station at Robledo De Chavela near Madrid, Spain.

This crescent of the Earth was photographed August 23, 1966 at 16:35 GMT when the spacecraft was on its 16th orbit and just about to pass behind the Moon.

The second image is the earthset captured by the #Artemis II mission in 2026.

The world's first view of Earth taken by a spacecraft from the vicinity of the Moon. The photo was transmitted to Earth by the United States Lunar Orbiter I and received at the NASA tracking station at Robledo De Chavela near Madrid, Spain. This crescent of the Earth was photographed August 23, 1966 at 16:35 GMT when the spacecraft was on its 16th orbit and just about to pass behind the Moon.

Credit: NASA

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art002e009288 (April 6, 2026) – Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the Moon. A muted blue Earth with bright white clouds sets behind the cratered lunar surface. The dark portion of Earth is experiencing nighttime. On Earth’s day side, swirling clouds are visible over the Australia and Oceania region. In the foreground, Ohm crater has terraced edges and a flat floor interrupted by central peaks—formed when the surface rebounded upward during the impact that created the crater.

Image Credit: NASA

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Wow... Just posted by NASA Artemis: high-resolution video capturing the separation of the Orion Integrity spacecraft’s crew module - carrying the astronauts - from the European service module.

#Artemis #Orion #Integrity #OrionIntegrity #spacecraft #Artemis2 #video #news