The American space agency, NASA says it has again made contact with a spacecraft studying the sun and space weather. NASA said it lost contact with the Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatories, also known as the STEREO-B spacecraft, two years ago. Communications with the spacecraft were lost after NASA attempted to try to prevent overheating of the spaceship’s antenna. The space agency said contact with STEREO-B was restored last week. NASA has another spacecraft that is nearly identical to STEREO-B called STEREO-A. It also was launched in 2006 to study the sun and space weather. STEREO-A is working normally. NASA said it will now test STEREO-B to see if the spacecraft’s instruments and sensors are operating correctly.

What does spacecraft mean?
a vehicle that is used for travel in outer space
a vehicle that can travel on water
a device that detects or senses heat
a device used for sending or receiving radio or television signals
What year did NASA lose contact with STEREO B?
2016
2015
2014
2009
It also was launched in 2006 to study the sun and space weather.
moons
weather
oxygen
water