spacecraft

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Closer to earth, SpaceX is under pressure to get the massive Starship spacecraft — larger than Apollo’s Saturn V — ready for NASA’s Artemis mission to put Americans back on the moon.

From Los Angeles Times

The spacecraft will track stars that host potentially habitable planets before, during and after planetary transits, improving scientists' ability to separate stellar effects from true atmospheric signals.

From Science Daily

In space, spin sensors encounter three dominant sources of interference: variations in the geomagnetic field, mechanical vibrations of the spacecraft, and cosmic radiation.

From Science Daily

Most spacecraft and satellites are never recycled, which means that large amounts of material are permanently lost when missions end.

From Science Daily

About two-and-a-half years after launch, the spacecraft experienced a major malfunction that sent it into an uncontrolled spin and severed communications with Earth.

From Science Daily