A view of the Eagle Lunar Module (LM) and a spectacular shot of Earth during the translunar coast. The distance from home seems daunting.
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A mission designed to reboost the observatory has suffered fatal issues of its own.
Katalyst's Link spacecraft is tumbling in orbit, which is a troubling sign for a rescue mission.
The heat could be rising from cooling lava flows beneath a layer of solidified crust.
The SMILE mission will spend three years studying how our planet's magnetosphere interacts with solar weather.
The tool isn't a one-step solution to the complex task of mission planning, but it will be a useful in evaluating the best trajectory for each mission, the researchers say.
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