Six space missions to look forward to in 2021
Space exploration achieved several notable firsts in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic, including commercial human spaceflight and returning samples of an asteroid to Earth.
Space exploration achieved several notable firsts in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic, including commercial human spaceflight and returning samples of an asteroid to Earth.
NASA has built a brand new system that could make landing on Moon and Mars a whole lot less risky — and it already has plans to… Read More
In a little more than a decade, samples of rover-scooped Martian soil will rocket to Earth. Read More
Elon Musk wants to settle humans on Mars with his rocket company SpaceX. Amazon’s founder, Jeff Bezos, wants a trillion people living in space. But the chief executive of one… Read More
Sixteen years ago, Caleb Fassett, then a graduate student at Brown University, spotted an intriguing hole in the ground on Mars. Read More
The roads of human spaceflight all seem to lead to Mars. For decades now, it’s been the logical next step after the moon.
If humanity is ever going to settle down on Mars, we may need to become a little less human. Read More
Mars. Water. You’d never find two more unlikely companions, even in a buddy cop movie. But once upon a time, the dry, red dustbowl of Mars was… Read More
The InSight lander seems to have been hit by one of Mars’ famous dust devils, but don’t worry–the NASA probe is just fine. If anything, the sudden blast… Read More
NASA’s Curiosity rover shook the science community six years ago when it apparently detected traces of methane–an important chemical linked to life–on Mars. Researchers failed to confirm… Read More