Missions
If Titan Has the Chemistry For Life, Dragonfly Could Find it
The highly-anticipated Dragonfly robotic rotocraft mission to Saturn's moon Titan is scheduled to launch in 2027. When it arrives in…
Here’s Where Artemis III Might Land. It Looks… Inviting
Where on the Moon will the first crewed Artemis mission Land? While NASA is still deliberating on the exact location,…
Lucy Adds Another Asteroid to its Flyby List
In October 2021, NASA launched its ambitious Lucy mission. Its targets are asteroids, two in the main belt and eight…
Watch a NASA Supercut of the Entire Artemis I Mission, From Launch to Landing
In case you missed any of the 25-day flight of Artemis 1, NASA has compiled a 25-minute highlight reel that…
Will We Ever Go Back to Explore the Ice Giants? Yes, If We Keep the Missions Simple and Affordable
It's been over 35 years since a spacecraft visited Uranus and Neptune. That was Voyager 2, and it only did…
Tiny Cubesat Will Shine an Infrared ‘Flashlight’ Into the Moon’s Shadowed Craters, Searching for Water Ice
A tiny spacecraft is ready to head out for a big job: shining a light on water ice at the…
Volcanoes are the worst. They’ve caused extinctions on Earth, and probably killed Venus
Is there anything good about volcanoes? They can be violent, dangerous, and unpredictable. For modern humans, volcanoes are mostly an…
Edward Stone Has Been the Voyagers’ Project Scientist for 50 Years. He Just Retired
Edward Stone is retiring after 50 years as Project Scientist for the Voyager mission. The twin spacecraft revolutionized our understanding…
Watch a Nicely Stabilized Video of DART Flying Past Didymos and Slamming Into Dimorphos
Here’s one of the best videos we’ve seen of the last minutes of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission…
South Korea’s First Orbital Mission to the Moon is on its Way
South Korea launched its first robotic mission to the Moon last week, as a SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully launched the…