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In 1977, NASA launched the Voyager 2 space probe to help us study the cosmos. Since then, the Voyager 2 has traversed more than 12 million miles away from the earth. All of that travel has happened in only 45 years, which is astonishing to think about.What's even cooler is NASA is now expanding the Voyager 2 mission. Thanks to a adjustment in the instruments, NASA expects the space probe to stay active until at 2026. This adjustment came after the team looked at a safety mechanism, which protects instruments if voltage changes too much. In case this happens, the Voyager is equipped with a voltage regulator which triggers a backup when this happens. In short, the spacecraft will start using that power to extend it's mission. Interested in seeing where the spacecraft is? Checkout this ...

For what seems like forever, humans have been going to the International Space Station. Launched back in 1998, the ISS is our only space station in orbit. We share it with four other countries at the moment: Russia, Japan, Canada, and Europe. For the last 22 years, we have been using the ISS as our window to space.It looks like we will continue to go to the ISS - NASA and it's partners have agreed to extend operations aboard the station.“The International Space Station is an incredible partnership with a common goal to advance science and exploration,” said Robyn Gatens, director of the International Space Station Division at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “Extending our time aboard this amazing platform allows us to reap the benefits of more than two decades of experiments and...

 Coverage of Spacewalk 86 at the ISS to prepare cables for future ISS rollout solar array installations, as well as retrieving S-band communications equipment from the ISS.This event has ended.

In 2021, NASA revealed the world's largest telescope to date - the James Webb telescope. Since then, it's power has astounded us all - to the famous image of the Pillars of Creaton, or images captured of exoplanets, it has helped us explore the deepest parts of space. But after all of this, what could NASA possibly have in store next? Well, it turns out NASA already has plans.The next telescope to launch is called the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope, which will help us understand dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics.The telescope will use a primary mirror which is 7.9 feet in diameter. It will also have two instruments that help operate it, the Wide Field Instrument, and the Coronagraph instrument. The Wide Field Instrument will have a field of view 100 times grater ...