The "wall of plasma" feature matches a single-wavelength view of solar flares observed by NASA as part of its SDO data from May 20, 2024, which Frazier sent in a screenshot below: (Courtesy of ...

On Sept. 26, engineers issued the command to turn off the plasma science instrument. Sent by NASA's Deep Space Network, it took 19 hours to reach Voyager 2, and the return signal took another 19 ...

There are huge, invisible structures in the ionosphere that are high above the surface of the Earth. These structures are ...

The plasma experiment had been gathering limited data. NASA expects the Voyager 2 spacecraft will continue operating with other experiments into the 2030s.

About 160 CubeSats have been launched in the NASA program over the years, many deployed from the International Space Station (ISS). Delaware’s mission — the Delaware Atmospheric Plasma Probe ...

As I noted above, the Voyager 2 mission won’t be shuttered anytime soon. Despite NASA turning off the plasma science instrument, the probe still has four other operational instruments aboard it.

The pulsed plasma rocket, however, is smaller, simpler, and more affordable, according to NASA. The space agency claims that the propulsion system’s high efficiency could allow for crewed ...

The three-year, $9 million contract from NASA required the company to fire its plasma rocket for 100 hours at a power level of 100 kilowatts by 2018. This week, Ad Astra reported that it remains ...

WEBSTER, Texas -- Franklin Chang Diaz made history as NASA's first Latino astronaut. Now he is revolutionizing space travel in his mission to open the sky to everyone. After retiring from the ...

WEBSTER, Texas -- Franklin Chang Diaz made history as NASA's first Latino astronaut. Now he is revolutionizing space travel in his mission to open the sky to everyone. After retiring from the ...