spacecraft

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Compared with larger spacecraft, these compact satellites are much less expensive to launch.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Thirteen plaques will be unveiled across the UK to celebrate Beagle 2, the first British and European spacecraft to successfully land on another planet.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

The primary goals of the trip include testing the abilities of NASA's Orion spacecraft, as well as a rendezvous with lunar landers developed by the private space companies SpaceX and Blue Origin.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Small reactors also could be used to power spacecraft over longer distances, including to Mars.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

April 3, 1966: The Luna 10 space probe becomes the first spacecraft to orbit the moon.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson