This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. As deep space probes continue to explore throughout the solar system and beyond, scientists on the ...

NASA monitors MAVEN spacecraft after December 6 signal loss, coordinating recovery with Deep Space Network. Mars solar conjunction from December 29 to January 16 will pause communications.

Transmission to Psyche craft by Jet Propulsion Lab facility in California “exceeds project expectations”. The Optical Communications Telescope Laboratory in California. NASA’s Deep Space Optical ...

This screenshot from CCTV (China Central Television) shows China’s first moon rover Yutu, or Jade Rabbit, in an image taken by the camera on the Chang’e 3 moon lander, Dec. 15, 2013. China does not ...