Astronaut Jim Lovell reads the news after his crew returned safely to Earth from a failed Moon mission in 1970. US astronaut Jim Lovell, the commander of the Apollo 13…
Category: Planetary Science
Five astronauts leave space station for trip back to Earth
After nearly five months onboard the International Space Station, an international crew of five astronauts began their descent back down to Earth on a SpaceX capsule Friday. US astronauts Anne…
Mars life explorer should include an agnostic life finder
Artist’s concept of the Mars Life Explorer. Credit: Amy Williams Searching for life on Mars has been an explicit goal of the astrobiological community for decades. However, they have not…
Perseverance rover captures Mars vista as clear as day
Captured at a location called Falbreen, on May 26, 2025, 96 images were stitched together to create this 360-degree view. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS The imaging team of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover…
NASA races to put nuclear reactors on Moon and Mars
Signed by acting administrator Sean Duffy, the July 31 memo is the latest sign of the agency’s shift towards prioritizing human space exploration over scientific research under President Donald Trump’s…
Marking 13 years on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity picks up new skills
This view of tracks trailing NASA’s Curiosity was captured July 26, 2025, as the rover simultaneously relayed data to a Mars orbiter. Combining tasks like this more efficiently uses energy…
Webb takes a fresh look at a classic deep field
An area of deep space with thousands of galaxies in various shapes and sizes. Most are circles or ovals, with a few spirals. More distant galaxies are smaller, down to…
Bid to relocate US Space Shuttle Discovery faces museum pushback
This picture dated April 20, 2012 provided by the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum shows Space Shuttle Discovery in the James S. McDonnell Space Hangar at the Udvar-Hazy Center…
SpaceX delivers four astronauts to the International Space Station just 15 hours after launch
This image made from video provided by NASA and SpaceX shows the docked SpaceX capsule to the International Space Station Saturday Aug. 2, 2025. Credit: NASA and SpaceX via AP…
