The two spacecraft need the gravitational swingby to help them lose a little orbital energy in order to reach their destinations towards the centre of the Solar System. The double flyby also offers an ...

A spacecraft was en route to Venus when phosphine happened to be spotted. The astronomy community lit up earlier this week with news that hinted at possible signs of life on Venus. Among the most ...

NASA is gearing up for its Parker Solar Probe to do a final flyby of Venus on Wednesday on its way to making history as the closest any human-made object has ever been to the sun. Parker will use the ...

The European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) is on track for its gravity-assist flyby at Venus on 31 August, following the successful resolution of a spacecraft communication anomaly ...

Since 2021, NASA's Parker Solar Probe has been treading impressively close to the sun in order to capture unprecedented data about our home star. In fact, the record-breaking spacecraft completed its ...

The spacecraft should reach the Jupiter system in July 2031. During the wee hours of this morning (Aug. 31), a boxy spacecraft with solar wings in the shape of crosses flew right by Venus — if all ...

NASA’s Mercury-bound MESSENGER spacecraft came within 2,990 kilometers (1,860 miles) of the surface of Venus early this morning during its second planetary encounter. The spacecraft used the tug of ...

The spunky probe's final gravity assist around Venus will put it on track to break records near the Sun next month. Reading time 2 minutes NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will make its seventh and final ...

The first images from MESSENGER’s second flyby of Venus are in! The Mercury-bound probe flew within 338 kilometers (210 miles) of Venus on June 5, obtaining a gravity assist that shrank the radius of ...

When spacecraft launch to visit distant planets in the solar system, they rarely travel directly from Earth to their target. Because of the orbits of the planets and limitations on fuel, spacecraft ...