spacecraft
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The spacecraft will also observe Demios, the other of Mars' moons -- but without landing -- before a return capsule heads back to Earth to land in Australia in around 2031.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
China has also announced its Tianwen-3 spacecraft is scheduled for launch around 2028 and will return Mars samples to Earth around 2031 -- potentially earlier than MMX's sample return.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
Blue Ghost will sit on top of Elytra, Firefly's orbital spacecraft, creating a 22-foot-tall system that is nearly three times the height of the spacecraft used for Blue Ghost Mission 1 in 2025.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
“Europe faces glaring gaps across both launch and spacecraft manufacturing.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
After Uranus it will plunge on past Neptune, leaving the solar system, becoming an interstellar spacecraft, fated to roam forever the great ocean between the stars.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
