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Juice Executes Precise Earth Flyby to Boost Speed and Redirect Toward Jupiter

The maneuver conserved propellant for JUICE's Jupiter science by using Earth's gravity to change the spacecraft's path.

Robotic Rescue of NASA’s Swift Observatory Fails as Telescopes Return for Final Observations

BepiColombo Drops Propulsion Module and Begins Final Approach to Mercury

Nonprofit Announces Plan to Launch Low‑Cost Probe to Alpha Centauri by 2029

Rescue Mission for NASA’s Swift Telescope Canceled After Servicer Suffers Control Failures

Firefly To Fly Zeno Americium Heater on Blue Ghost Lander

Venera 13’s 127-Minute Venus Surface Record Still Holds After New Review

Viking 1 at 50 Reignites Mars Life Debate and Shapes Next Missions

Psyche Flyby of Mars Confirms Trajectory Toward 2029 Rendezvous

NASA Opens Recruitment for Yearlong Moon and Mars Simulation

Hayabusa2 Completes Close Flyby of Asteroid Torifune

Researchers Propose 'StormWall' to Weaken Solar Superstorms

China to Double Tiangong Space Station and Host Serviceable Xuntian Telescope

NASA Launches Commercial Robot to Rescue Falling Swift Space Telescope

NASA Stages Rapid Commercial Mission to Save Falling Swift Space Telescope

Impulse Space Raises $500 Million Series D to Scale In‑Space Mobility

Rocket Lab Shifts Toward Defense and GEO Satellite Production After Major Contract Wins

NASA’s Psyche Skims Mars for Gravity Assist on Course to Metal-Rich Asteroid

Firefly Aerospace Soars 20% After Reports of SpaceX IPO Plans

Spending Bill Drops Support for Mars Sample Return, Redirects Funds to Mars Tech