SPACE (KXAN) — A spacecraft is attempting something unusual and groundbreaking this week. It will harness the gravity of the Earth and Moon to slingshot its way to the other side of the solar system.

The Jupiter Observing Velocity Experiment (JOVE) is a solar-powered technology demonstration of rapid flight to outer solar system targets, performing a flyby of the Jovian magnetosphere 30 days after ...

So we are being opportunistic,” Altobelli told Reuters. Following up on NASA’s 1990s Galileo mission to Jupiter, the ESA-led JUICE mission will orbit the solar system’s largest planet, perform fly-bys ...

NASA has begun to release photos taken by the spacecraft Juno during its 31st close flyby of Jupiter in late 2020. A photo released Thursday shows a vortex near the gas giant’s north pole with an ...