spacecraft

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For about 40 minutes, radio and laser signals which allowed communication between the spacecraft and Earth were blocked by the Moon itself.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Artemis I blasted off in 2022, testing NASA’s huge space launch systems, or SLS, and the Orion spacecraft External link.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

The spacecraft is projected to hit speeds of more than 24,000 miles an hour as it plunges back to Earth’s surface.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

A company which has been pioneering satellite technology since the 1970s is working on a spacecraft to provide communications on the far side of the Moon.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

“A few days before Christmas, the spacecraft Apollo 8 leaves the planet. Then, on Christmas Eve, the astronauts send this image back to Earth from outer space.”

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin