spacecraft

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A joint European-Chinese spacecraft blasted into orbit Tuesday to investigate what happens when extreme winds and giant explosions of plasma shot out from the Sun slam into Earth's magnetic shield.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

The spacecraft achieved lift-off on a Vega-C rocket at 0352 GMT on Tuesday from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on the northeastern coast of South America.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

NASA's High Performance Spaceflight Computing project is focused on boosting the computing capabilities of spacecraft used in space exploration.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

It’s home to well-known spacecraft like the International Space Station and the Hubble Space Telescope.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

The Nemean Lion growled and steadied itself on the spacecraft, but its weight was too much.

From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan