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Nearly 50 years after launch, NASA's Voyager 1 is approaching a milestone that will leave a 24-hour communication gap between Earth and the probe.

The 407-foot rocket completed 14 orbits around Earth and released 26 Starlink satellites before returning to its launch site after a 22-hour journey.

The booster was diverted offshore and exploded after liftoff, while the spacecraft deployed 26 Starlink satellites and is expected to attempt a return to the Texas launch pad on Saturday.

Officials announced the news Saturday during a Kennedy Space Centre air show promoting lunar exploration as well as advances in aviation and technology.

The mission will deploy a French-German rover on Phobos, collect at least 10 grams of material and investigate how the two moons formed.

Hamilton led the team behind Apollo’s onboard flight software and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama in 2016.

Astronauts face repeated disruption to their sleep cycles, while Mars simulations test how humans adapt to a 24-hour, 40-minute day.

With the takeoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Watkins became the first Black woman to lead a crew to orbit.

Katalyst’s $30 million NASA-backed mission to extend the life of the 22-year-old Swift Observatory ends after Link runs out of fuel.

NASA official Amit Kshatriya praised ISRO’s space capabilities and said the US agency looks forward to expanding collaboration.

Elias 2-24 b is roughly as massive as Jupiter and orbits a young star about 450 light-years from Earth, according to NASA.

The crater, discovered by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, is the solar system’s largest known recent impact crater and could aid future lunar-base planning.

Joi Barua contributes melodies to two songs in Cosmic Rhapsody, a multimedia project inspired by NASA’s COSI mission and supernova science.

Some of its fictional devices have acquired real-world counterparts, while others have directly inspired scientists and engineers.

The official confirmation was given by Sergio Gor, the US Ambassador to India.

The telescope is designed to investigate cosmic enigmas such as dark energy and dark matter, while also testing gravity at vast scales and searching for exoplanets.

Trump spoke with astronauts including Indian-origin Anil Menon during his visit to NASA’s Mission Control in Houston.

The research is part of NASA's Deep Space Food Challenge, which explores food production in resource-limited environments.

The operation forms part of essential maintenance work required to keep the station operational as it approaches its third decade of continuous human habitation.

The before-and-after images shows the impact of the crash as the fresh crater appears to be 60 feet (18 meters) across and less than 10 feet (3 meters) deep.