WASHINGTON — Venezuela confirmed its first and only government-operated communications satellite, VeneSat-1, suffered a mission-ending failure that its Chinese builder blamed on a solar array problem.

The Lucy spacecraft and one of its two solar arrays, 7.3 meters in diameter, during tests before its Oct. 16 launch. Credit: Lockheed Martin WASHINGTON — Engineers have identified the likely reason ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has been traveling through space on its way to visit the Trojan asteroids since its launch in October last year, but the team has had to deal with an unexpected issue with its ...