Credit: Kaitlyn Johnson/Texas A&M Engineering Inhabiting Mars has long been a futuristic fantasy fueled by science fiction. However, successful landings over the past half-century have made this seemingly far-fetched idea…
Category: Planetary Science
Biomass satellite returns striking first images of forests and more
ESA’s Biomass is the first satellite to carry a P-band synthetic aperture radar. Thanks to the long wavelength of P-band, around 70 cm, this novel radar is able to penetrate…
NASA spacecraft around the moon photographs the crash site of a Japanese company’s lunar lander
This image provided by NASA shows an annotation indicating the impact site for ispace’s Resilience lunar lander, seen by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera on June 11, 2025. Credit: NASA/Goddard/Arizona…
Macron says Europe must become ‘space power’ again
The European space industry is struggling to remain competitive in the face of Elon Musk’s SpaceX. President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that Europe must again become a global space power,…
Tabletop exercises can help us understand and avoid potential conflicts over the moon
Humans from different nations can struggle to get along. Will we take our Earthly geopolitical struggles to the moon as nations generate a sustained presence there? Credit: RegoLight, visualization: Liquifer…
Radio signal from the very early universe offers clues about the first stars
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Understanding how the universe transitioned from darkness to light with the formation of the first stars and galaxies is a key turning point in the universe’s…
Engineers simulate lunar lighting for Artemis III moon landing
NASA engineers inside the Flat Floor Facility at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, mimic lander inspection and assessment tasks future Artemis astronauts may do during Artemis III. Lights…
How bubble muscles could help astronauts get their space legs
JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa pedals on the upgraded CEVIS system. Credit: NASA When astronauts finally reach Mars, they’ll face a unique challenge: walking and working in…
