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This diagram outlines the basic stages of the aerocapture technique.

Robotic Spaceflight, Space Exploration

Aerocapture: Using a planet’s atmosphere to slow down a spacecraft

Illustration of the Psyche spacecraft

Robotic Spaceflight, Solar System

NASA launches Psyche on mission to study unusual asteroid

Artist concept of Cassini crashing into Saturn

Alien Life, Solar System

Why was Cassini crashed into Saturn to prevent contamination if Huygens intentionally landed on Titan?

Where is our solar system’s super-Earth?

The world of meteorite collecting: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

OSIRIS-REx sample canister on the ground

Robotic Spaceflight, Solar System

OSIRIS-REx successfully returns samples from asteroid Bennu

Science, Solar System

Minerals, the building blocks of planets: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

Alien Life, Science, Solar System

Are these seafloor particles the first ever from interstellar space?

Human Spaceflight

Will humans ever go to Mars?

How will life on Earth end?

Phobos as seen from Mars

Ask Astro: Can Phobos and Deimos be seen from the surface of Mars?

Secret Sky: An inverse black-drop effect