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NASA’s Perseverance Arrives on Mars
NASA’s Perseverance rover, now safely on the floor of Jezero crater, will soon begin its search for evidence of past life on Mars.
Watch Online: NASA's Perseverance Landing on Mars
One week from today, NASA's Perseverance rover will land on Mars. Find resources here — including broadcast of the landing itself.
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A Timeline for NASA’s Perseverance Landing on Mars
NASA’s Perseverance rover is set to land on Mars tomorrow in a complex but well-tested procedure — its very own "seven minutes of terror."
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China's Tianwen 1 Arrives at Mars
China’s ambitious mission to Mars, Tianwen 1, has arrived at the Red Planet and will attempt to land a rover on the surface in May.
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The United Arab Emirates' Hope Enters Orbit Around Mars
The United Arab Emirates Hope orbiter is the first in a series of spacecraft arriving at the Red Planet in the next week.
China's Chang'e 5 Probe Heads Sunward
China’s Chang’e 5 spacecraft helped deliver samples from the Moon to Earth. Now it’s heading for an extended mission to observe the Sun.
NASA Extends Juno, InSight Missions
NASA has granted two key planetary missions extensions, so InSight and Juno will continue to return data from Mars and Jupiter, respectively, for years to come.
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Space Missions to Watch in 2021
The coming year will feature three space missions arriving at Mars, the launch of SLS and James Webb, and much more.
Chang'e 5's Lunar Sample Arrives on Earth
China’s Chang’e 5 lunar sample-return capsule has arrived safely on Earth.
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Hayabusa 2 Returns Sample of Asteroid Ryugu to Earth
The predawn operation to recover the Hayabusa 2 sample-return capsule in the Australian Outback was a success.
China's Chang'e 5 Collects Samples, Departs from the Moon
China's Chang’e-5 ascent vehicle has departed Oceanus Procellarum with pieces of lunar soil after a lightning-quick sample collection.
China Lands Ambitious Sample-Return Mission on the Moon
The aim of China's Chang'e 5 mission is to return samples of lunar soil to Earth by the end of 2020.
SpaceX Launches Four Astronauts to the International Space Station
A crew of four is headed to the International Space Station, on Crew Dragon’s first operational launch, Crew One.
Mars Sample Return Program Forges Ahead
It's full steam ahead for the joint NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return, a complex plan to collect bits of Mars and — for the first time — send them to Earth.
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Distant Space Debris a Threat to Satellites
New observations show we're not tracking a majority of debris in higher orbits.
Two Lunar Lander Missions for 2021
Two commercial landers are set to head to the Moon next year.
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Half-ton OGO 1 Spacecraft Set to Reenter
NASA's Orbiting Geophysical Observatory 1, a bus-sized relic of the early Space Age, is set to reenter in the coming week.
Winds and Tides Drive Sea Waves on Titan
Sunlight glittering off rough patches of sea on Saturn’s largest moon indicates ever-changing waves.
Potential New Targets for Japan's Hayabusa 2 Mission
The Hayabusa 2 team has laid out a proposal for an extended mission to one of two asteroids after the spacecraft's sample return this December.
Three Missions Head for Mars
The summer of 2020 will see three spacecraft launch toward the Red Planet, each one with distinct objectives.