NASA begins hand-off to commercial satellites
NASA begins hand-off to commercial satellites

Saturday marks the last day that NASAs Tracking and Data Relay System satellites will be open for new business. From here on out, NASA science missions operating near Earth will instead rely on a set of commercial constellations. The Circle of Life:The first TDRS satellites were launched in the...

Europa Clipper's 6-Year journey: A long road to unlock Jupiter's enigmatic moon
Europa Clipper's 6-Year journey: A long road to unlock Jupiter's enigmatic moon

Despite not heading directly to Jupiter, NASAs Europa Clipper mission is embarking on a six-year odyssey to explore the icy moon Europa. This extended travel time is primarily due to the spacecrafts chosen trajectory, which leverages the gravitational pull of Mars and Earth to gain the necessary...