Mars
How Can Astronauts Maintain Their Bodies With Minimal Equipment?
Decades of research aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and other spacecraft in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) have shown that…
Odyssey Gives Us a Cool New View of Mars
Chances are that you've seen images of Earth from space, thanks to the astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS),…
A Tiny Quadcopter Could Gather Rocks for China’s Sample Return Mission
Space exploration is always changing. Before February 2021 there had never been a human made craft flying around in the…
NASA is Getting the Plutonium it Needs for Future Missions
The Department of Energy just delivered a shipment plutonium that NASA will turn into radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) for future…
SpaceX Tested Its Starship Again. Successful Launch But Both Vehicles Were Destroyed
SpaceX has completed its second orbital launch test; and once again, the results were a bit mixed!
Martian Green Nightglow Seen for the First Time
The ESA's ExoMars mission just observed nightglow in Mars' atmosphere, a phenomenon that also happens on Earth.
A Comprehensive Blueprint for the Settlement of Mars
A new study considers all the challenges, benefits, and necessary steps for settling Mars.
Perseverance Watches a Dust Devil Whirl Past
The Perseverance rover captured images of a dust devil on Mars, which were used to create this video.
Ancient Cracked Mud Found on Mars
A recent study published in Nature examines how mud cracks observed on Mars by NASA’s Curiosity rover could provide insight…
Over 100 Million Years Ago, Olympus Mons Had a Massive Landslide
While the surface of Mars looks relatively unchanging now, it wasn’t always so. The tallest mountain in the Solar System…