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NASA stops CAPSTONE spacecraft from spinning out of control

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[ad_1] After a trajectory correction manoeuvre on September 8, NASA’s CAPSTONE spacecraft suffered an issue that caused it to spin so fast that the onboard reaction wheel could not control or counter it. CAPSTONE team members successfully completed an operation to stop it from spinning on October 7. Data from CAPSTONE suggests that the most […]

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Artemis program: Here’s how NASA plans to return to the Moon

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[ad_1] NASA’s Artemis mission aims to put humans back on the moon for the first time after the Apollo 17 mission, fifty years ago. The space agency has built the most powerful rocket ever, the Space Launch System (SLS), which will carry all the spacecraft part of Artemis missions. The Artemis missions will also send […]

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