spacecraft

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It’s home to well-known spacecraft like the International Space Station and the Hubble Space Telescope.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Instead of relying entirely on its thrusters, mission planners are taking advantage of Mars' gravitational pull to help guide the spacecraft toward its final destination, the unusual metallic asteroid Psyche.

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

In a statement, CEO Abel Avellan said three satellites are set to be launched to orbit in mid-June, while more than 20 additional spacecraft are in production.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

Crabtree worked on mission operations for SpaceX for more than a decade, first with the Falcon 9 rocket and later the Dragon spacecraft designed to ferry humans to the International Space Station.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

Most of its scientific instruments are on a scan platform, which tracks Jupiter or one of its moons as the spacecraft hurtles past.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan