Lower-cost space missions like NASA's ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science, but at a risk

After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA's Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission has ...

NASA begins moon mission plume-surface interaction tests

In March, NASA researchers employed a new camera system to capture data imagery of the interaction between Firefly Aerospace ...

NASA loses contact with Mars orbiter. What to know about MAVEN mission

NASA has lost contact with its MAVEN spacecraft that has been orbiting Mars for more than a decade. Here's what we know.

NASA picks Golden company for moon mission

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Lower-cost space missions are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price | The Conversation

In theory, leaner NASA oversight, greater use of off‑the‑shelf hardware and narrower science goals can cut costs while ...
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Why NASA’s Cassini mission reshaped our view of Saturn

The big thinkers at Aperture explain why NASA’s Cassini mission provided unprecedented insight into Saturn. More allegations ...

NASA just lost contact with a Mars orbiter, and will soon lose another one

NASA has lost contact with one its three spacecraft orbiting Mars, the agency announced Tuesday. Meanwhile, a second Mars ...

NASA MAVEN Orbiter Goes Silent After Anomaly — Communication Lost With Earth

After years of transmitting groundbreaking data about the Red Planet's vanishing atmosphere, the veteran spacecraft is now ...
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Can lower-cost missions deliver big science? NASA's ESCAPADE aims to find out

NASA’s ESCAPADE mission launches two small spacecraft to Mars to study magnetic fields, solar wind and the risks and limits of lower-cost space science.
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NASA To Pursue Missions To Study Solar Influences

As part of its latest mission selection and development process, NASA has also approved an extended Phase A study of the ...

Lower-cost space missions like NASA’s ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and trade‑offs

In theory, leaner NASA oversight, greater use of off‑the‑shelf hardware and narrower science goals can cut costs while launching more missions and increasing the total science return. If ESCAPADE ...

NASA reveals how astronauts manage periods in space and why it matters for Moon and Mars missions

Space agencies are now focusing on menstrual care for astronauts. Longer missions to the Moon and Mars require sustainable ...