Missions
NASA Proposes the Artemis Accords. The New Rules for Lunar Exploration
NASA just released a series of principles designed to foster exploration and cooperation in lunar exploration, called the Artemis Accords.
This Laser Powered Rover Could Stay in the Shadows on the Moon and Continue to Explore
The craters on the Moon's poles are in permanent shadow. But they're also intriguing locations, due to deposits of water…
China’s New Crew Capsule Just Landed, and so Did Parts of their New Rocket!
China's next-generation crewed spacecraft recently returned to Earth after a successful test flight. The Long March 5B rocket that sent…
Finally! InSight’s Mole is Making Slow and Steady Progress
Personnel at NASA and the DLR have been working for months to get InSight's Mole working. They're at a disadvantage,…
Mars Helicopter gets a Name: Ingenuity
Flying low over the surface of Mars. Don’t tell me you haven’t dreamed about it, especially with some of the…
China’s First Mars Lander is Going to be Called “Tianwen”
Friday April 24th was China's "Space Day," celebrated on the 50 year anniversary of their first satellite launch. This past…
Even More Things That Saved Apollo 13: The Nail-biting Re-entry Sequence
50 years ago today, on April 17, 1970, the crew of Apollo 13 came home. Safely. Successfully. The world breathed…
Even More Things That Saved Apollo 13, part 1: The Barbecue Roll
Apollo 13 was supposed to be the third mission to land humans on the Moon. But on the night of…
This Powerful Ion Engine Will Be Flying on NASA’s DART Mission to Try and Redirect an Asteroid
Despite humanity's current struggle against the novel coronavirus, and despite it taking up most of our attention, other threats still…
NASA Chooses 4 New Astronomy Space Missions for Additional Study
NASA recently selected four new missions for development that will study gravitational waves, supernovae, relativistic jets, and exoplanet habitability.