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A spacecraft is a vehicle or machine designed to fly in outer space. Spacecraft are used for a variety of purposes, including communications, earth observation, meteorology, navigation, space colonization, planetary exploration, and transportation of humans and cargo. On a sub-orbital spaceflight, a spacecraft enters space and then returns to the surface, without having gone into an orbit. For orbital spaceflights, spacecraft enter closed orbits around the Earth or around other celestial bodies. Spacecraft used for human spaceflight carry people on board as crew or passengers from start or on orbit (space stations) only, whereas those used for robotic space missions operate either autonomously or telerobotically. Robotic spacecraft used to support scientific research are space probes. Robotic spacecraft that remain in orbit around a planetary body are artificial satellites. Only a handful of interstellar probes, such as Pioneer 10 and 11, Voyager 1 and 2, and New Horizons, are on trajectories that leave the Solar System.
Kepler Spacecraft Is Running Very Low NASA Reported
NASA has a news about Kepler spacecraft that has been informed last week. It turns out that the spacecraft’s fuel tank is running very low. NASA has placed the spacecraft in a hibernation-like state in preparation to download the data collected in its latest campaign. Once the data has been downloaded, the expectation is to start observations for the next campaign with any remaining fuel.
View More Kepler Spacecraft Is Running Very Low NASA ReportedNASA 2 Missions Will Go Closer to Sun Than Ever Before
There are two forthcoming missions (Parker Solar Probe and ESA) that will soon get closer to the Sun than ever before. NASA’s 2 missions, Parker Solar Probe and ESA’s (the European Space Agency) Solar Orbiter “may resolve decades-old questions about the inner workings of the nearest star”.
View More NASA 2 Missions Will Go Closer to Sun Than Ever BeforeNASA’s Newest Planet Hunter (TESS) Snaps Its First Test Image
NASA’s newest planet hunter TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) snaps its first test image, that was launched on April 18 and flew past the Moon on May 17. The spacecraft passed about 5,000 miles from the Moon. The team snapped a two-second test exposure and they used one out of the four TESS cameras.
View More NASA’s Newest Planet Hunter (TESS) Snaps Its First Test ImageNASA Spacecraft Discovered a New Magnetic Process in Space
NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, or MMS, has discovered a new type of magnetic process in the near-Earth environment, by which magnetic field lines explosively reconfigure occurring in a new and surprising way. Magnetic process is one of the most significant processes in the space that is filled with charged particles known as plasma around Earth, said researchers at the University of California, Berkeley in the US.
View More NASA Spacecraft Discovered a New Magnetic Process in SpaceChina to Test Rocket Reusability with the Long March 8
China’s Long March 8, one of the country’s future launchers, could have a reusable first stage, according to a statement made recently by a Chinese rocket designer. Long March 8 rocket is going to launch by the end of 2018 to fill a gap in the country’s carrier rocket capabilities and commercial launch prospects, a top space official has said.
View More China to Test Rocket Reusability with the Long March 8Why is it so important Landing InSight Mission to Mars?
The NASA Mars InSight mission, which is set to launch on May 5, will try to gather as much data as possible about Earth’s neighbor in the solar system. InSight lander, which stands for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, will study mars quakes to know about the Martian crust, mantle and core.
View More Why is it so important Landing InSight Mission to Mars?NASA Juno Mission Organized 3-D Flight of Jupiter’s North Pole
Scientists working on NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter shared a 3-D flyover video captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft. Those are among the items revealed during the European Geosciences Union General Assembly in Vienna, Austria, on Wednesday, April 11. The data had been collected by Juno mission scientists of Jovian InfraRed Auroral Mapper (JIRAM). Imaging in the infrared part of the spectrum, JIRAM captures light emerging from deep inside Jupiter equally well, night or day. The instrument probes the weather layer down to 30 to 45 miles (50 to 70 kilometers) below Jupiter’s cloud tops.
View More NASA Juno Mission Organized 3-D Flight of Jupiter’s North PoleTESS Planet Hunter Launches this Month Searching Sky for New Worlds
Tess Planet hunter is ready to launch next month on April 16. It is supposed to start up from Cape Canaveral, Florida. This planet hunter, a 700-pound spacecraft, is called the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). TESS will be on the lookout for planets that could support life, officials said Wednesday. TESS will be launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and is equipped with four wide-field cameras that will enable it to look for the majority of the night sky.
View More TESS Planet Hunter Launches this Month Searching Sky for New WorldsYou Can Buy Artificial Meteor Shower Making your Special Day Unforgettable
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