Missions
The First Image From NASA’s new X-ray Observatory
It’s first light for one of the newest space observatories! The Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer team has released their first…
Wow. Parker Solar Probe Took a Picture of the Surface of Venus
The Parker Solar Probe’s mission is to study the Sun. But the spacecraft’s instruments have nabbed some pretty impressive data…
The Big Spaceflight Stories You Should be Watching in 2022
There are so many exciting spaceflight missions and milestones in store for 2022! Here are some of the biggest stories…
ESA’s ARIEL Mission Will Study the Atmospheres of More Than 1,000 Exoplanets
We found our first exoplanets orbiting a pulsar in 1992. Since then, we've discovered many thousands more. Those were the…
Europa Clipper’s Thermal Imaging System was Tested Here on Earth
The highly anticipated Europa Clipper mission, set to launch in 2024, will investigate Jupiter's moon Europa. This icy moon with…
The Surface of the Moon is Electrically Charged, Which Could Allow a Hovering Robot to Explore it
A team from MIT has developed a concept for a robotic mission that would use ion beams to levitate on…
Here’s DART’s First Picture From Space. We Are Already Looking Forward to its Last Image
It might not look like much, but here is the first monumental image from the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART).…
NASA Launches a New X-ray Observatory
A new mission has launched to study some the most intriguing secrets of the universe. No, not THAT spacecraft (JWST…
LightSail 2 has Been Flying for 30 Months now, Paving the way for Future Solar Sail Missions
Even after 30 months in space, The Planetary Society’s LightSail 2 mission continues to successfully “sail on sunbeams” demonstrating solar…
Will Water Bears be the First Interstellar Astronauts?
A new study conducted with support from NASA considers sending "Water Bears" on the first interstellar voyages instead of humans.