Blue Ghost Mission 1 will send the first U.S. lander to Mare Crisium
The Blue Ghost lander sits on the surface of the Moon in this artist's concept. Credit: Firefly Aerospace Near the ...
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The most exciting space missions coming in 2025
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Crew Dragon launches from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in May 2020. Credit: ...
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How do spacecraft avoid collisions in the asteroid belt?
Back to Article List From the December 2024 issue The main belt located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter ...
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Io’s magma ocean may not exist after all
Back to Article List A new study reveals a possible solid mantle inside the volcanic body of Io. The north ...
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NASA conducts first otherworldly aircraft accident investigation
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter rests on the sandy dunes of the Red Planet’s surface following a crash during its final ...
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A look back at NEOWISE, the NASA mission that cataloged objects around Earth for over a decade
WISE, NEOWISE’s predecessor mission, imaged the entire sky in the mid-infrared range. Credit: NASA/JPL/Caltech/UCLA The NASA project NEOWISE, which has ...
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NASA releases new infrared images from retired NEOWISE mission
Back to Article List The now-retired mission still offers a treasure trove of data. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/IPAC Although it completed its ...
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Trump chooses first private astronaut Jared Isaacman as NASA head
Back to Article List The billionaire tech entrepreneur says Americans will walk on the moon and Mars. Polaris Dawn crewmembers ...
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Proba-3 launches tomorrow, ready to eclipse the Sun
The two spacecraft of the Proba-3 mission will fly in careful synchronization to create an artificial eclipse for six hours ...
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