Solar Orbiter Sets Record Watching Sunspot Region That Sparked Global Auroras

An international team of researchers tracked the active solar region using the Solar Orbiter spacecraft, a joint NASA and ...
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ESA Solar Orbiter performs longest-ever observation of active solar region

The "milestone in solar physics" will help scientists better understand space weather and its impact on our tech-dependent ...
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ASU’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera Created a Mosaic of the Moon’s Surface

A picture is worth a thousand words. Or, in this case, $504 million. At least, that’s what it cost to build the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), NASA’s robotic spacecraft that is currently orbiting ...
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NASA loses contact with Mars orbiter. What to know about MAVEN mission

NASA has lost contact with its MAVEN spacecraft that has been orbiting Mars for more than a decade. The orbiter, one of three zooming around Mars' atmosphere, had been working as expected before it ...
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NASA Loses Signal from Critical Mars Orbiter

One of NASA’s workhorse spacecraft in orbit around Mars has fallen silent, leaving agency personnel scrambling to troubleshoot the issue. The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission ...