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NASA’s New Horizons awakens after longest hibernation nearly 9.5 billion km from Earth

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has successfully awakened after its longest-ever hibernation, resuming scientific operations nearly 5.9 billion miles (9.5 billion kilometres) from Earth in the distant Kuiper Belt. The spacecraft entered a planned sleep mode on 7 August 2025 and automatically reactivated on 23 June 2026 using pre-programmed commands. Mission controllers at the Johns Hopkins […]

Aviation24.beAviation24.be•André Orban17 Jul
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NASA launches first-ever spacecraft “rescue” mission to save Swift space telescope

NASA has launched an experimental mission to attempt an unprecedented orbital “rescue” of the Swift observatory, a car-sized space telescope that is gradually losing altitude and could otherwise re-enter Earth’s atmosphere in the coming months. The mission, led by U.S. company Katalyst Space Technologies, uses a robotic spacecraft called LINK, launched on a Pegasus XL […]

Aviation24.beAviation24.be•André Orban3 Jul

A Figure-Eight in Deep Space: Hubble Image Shows Gravity Warping Distant Galaxies

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured MACS0329-0211, a massive galaxy cluster whose gravity bends distant light into arcs, curves, and a bright central figure-eight shape. A cosmic swarm The image, released June 12, 2026, shows what NASA described as looking “somewhat like a swarm of bees returning to their hive.” The cluster is packed with […]

Bitcoin.com NewsBitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman19 Jun

Italian Astronaut Luca Parmitano Becomes First European Assigned To NASA’s Artemis Mission

Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano will serve as pilot on Artemis III, marking a milestone for Europe’s participation in the program which will bring once again a human on the Moon. NASA has announced the four-member crew assigned to the Artemis III mission, selecting Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano as the mission’s pilot. The selection makes Parmitano […]

The AviationistThe Aviationist•Stefano D'Urso10 Jun