Spacecraft

A microwave radiometer onboard the Juno spacecraft orbiting Jupiter could soon reveal where and how the giant planet formed

Shoebox-size craft face a wait to be propelled beyond Earth’s orbit

Landsat 8 captured a relatively rare “underflight” of the ISS as the two crossed paths

After a do-or-die engine burn the second spacecraft ever to orbit Jupiter is preparing to revolutionize our view of the giant planet 

Poised to enter Jovian orbit on July 4, the NASA spacecraft is set to probe the gas giant’s deepest mysteries

It's not just a way station to Mars—it's a way to build new industries

A next-generation space telescope is in the works—but if it is to see potentially habitable planets, it will need to block out their suns

It will be the first spacecraft to probe deep below the planet’s thick cloud decks

King Jove is one hell of a planet. It's also hell for a spacecraft

Satellite trackers debate where and when eight-ton Tiangong-1 will come down 

NASA’s interplanetary probe is cruising toward an encounter with our local gas giant this summer. As the data starts flowing in, we may also learn about Jupiter’s many cousins across the galaxy

An architecture and design class partners with NASA to develop a human-focused spacecraft environment that could take astronauts to Mars