Orbiter is a spaceflight simulator based on Newtonian mechanics. Its playground is our solar system with many of its major bodies – the sun, planets and moons. You take control of a spacecraft – ...

The first project at NASA to use Sital’s 1553 IP core was the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which was launched in June 2009. Originally, this satellite was meant to orbit the moon for about 18 months.

Crews have reinstalled additional pieces of the Astro Orbiter at Magic Kingdom as the attraction refurbishment continues. In our most recent update, the center column that controls the ride’s rockets ...

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That alert was noticed by space physicist Christina Lee of the University of California, Berkeley, the space weather lead for NASA's MAVEN Mars orbiter. Lee, in turn, issued a notice to other Mars ...

"It was yet another miracle save for Voyager." NASA engineers have miraculously revived the Voyager 1 interstellar probe's backup thrusters — components that hadn't been used since 2004 and were ...

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Abstract: A review of the design and operation of a radiometer to study the upper atmosphere of Venus from the Pioneer Venus orbiter is presented.

Credit: NASA/Joy Ng As energetic particles from the sun struck the Martian atmosphere, NASA's MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) orbiter watched auroras engulf the Red Planet from May ...

The column isn’t visible from the ground, but we could see it while riding on the PeopleMover. The Astro Orbiter closed for refurbishment in January. The attraction was quickly dismantled and removed ...

A new flight plan has been filed for a NASA winged orbiter and its jumbo jet transport, four decades after the iconic combination departed on its one and only international goodwill tour.