Missions
An Upcoming ESA Mission is Going to Remove one Piece of Space Junk From Orbit
A specialized spacecraft will be sent to orbit by the ESA in 2025 to remove a piece of space debris,…
New Project Headed by Apollo’s Charlie Duke to Send Messages to Space
When astronaut Charlie Duke walked on the Moon in April of 1972 during the Apollo 16 mission, he brought along…
It’s Time to Decide. Where Should OSIRIS-REx Take a Sample from Bennu?
NASA's OSIRIS-REx arrived at asteroid Bennu in December 2018. During the past year, it's been imaging the surface of the…
Mars 2020 Rover is Going to a Place on Mars That’s Perfect for Preserving Fossils
Back in November 2018, NASA announced that the Mars 2020 rover would land in the Jezero Crater. Jezero Crater is…
NASA is Now Considering a Pluto Orbiter Mission
NASA's New Horizons mission taught us a lot about Pluto, the ice dwarf planet. But the spacecraft sped past Pluto…
This is the Machine Astronauts Trained on to Land on the Moon
The Moon landings were a huge undertaking. In order to prepare, NASA had to think of every detail, right down…
X-37B Lands After 780 Days in Orbit Doing ???
The X-37B, the US Air Force's experimental, Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) has come back down to Earth after 780 days.…
InSight’s Heat Probe Has Bounced Back Out Of Its Hole
This is sad news. After finding what seemed like a solution to the Mole's difficulties on Mars, engineers are stymied…
Success! NASA Confirms the Mole is Working Again.
After months of setbacks, NASA says that the InSight Lander's Mole is working again. InSight landed on Mars on Nov.…
Robotic Spiders to Explore the Moon? Yes, Please!
UK startup Spacebit is looking to democratize space with its Walking Rover mission, which will be the UK's first lunar…