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Work to Save NASA's "Mole" on Mars Continues
NASA engineers hope to use the scoop at the end of the lander's robotic arm to get the Insight lander's heat probe burrowing once again.
Astronomy in Space with David Dickinson
CubeSat to Blaze a Trail for Lunar Gateway
NASA's proposed Capstone mission could enter lunar orbit in late 2020.
India's Chandrayaan 2 Loses Contact with Vikram Lunar Lander
India's attempt to land softly on the Moon has failed — the Chandrayaan 2 orbiter has lost contact with the Vikram lander.
NASA Selects Final Four Asteroid Landing Sites for Osiris-REX
The Osiris-REX spacecraft will sample one of four sites on the asteroid Bennu in July 2020.
New Images from China's Chang'e 4 as Eighth Lunar Day Ends
China’s Chang’e 4 mission is continuing its science and exploration work on the farside of the Moon, having completed its eighth lunar day of activities on Wednesday.
TESS's First Year of Science
NASA’s latest exoplanet hunter has found more than two dozen new worlds, at least one of which might be habitable.
Astronomy in Space with David Dickinson
India Heads to the Moon With Chandrayaan 2
India enters the 21st-century race to the Moon with its Chandrayaan 2 mission.
Apollo's 50th: A Look Back and a Look Forward
On the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing, we take a look back at the history of the first landing and forward, toward NASA's Gateway and beyond.
Infographic: (Back) To the Moon
Takes a look at what we can expect to see in the next five years of Moon exploration with Sky & Telescope's infographic from the July 2019 issue.
German-Russian Astronomy Satellite Launches
Spektrum-Röntgen-Gamma, a long-delayed and much-modified X-ray astronomy package, launched successfully from the Kazakh Steppe on Saturday.
Astronomy in Space with David Dickinson
A Strategy to Get the Mars Insight Lander Back in the Drilling Business
Insight's robotic arm has uncovered the lander's "mole," as NASA and German aerospace engineers work to get it drilling once again.
We’re Going to Titan! Dragonfly Drone Will Explore Saturn’s Biggest Moon
NASA has selected its next New Frontiers mission: Dragonfly, a rover-sized drone will begin ‘coptering around Titan in 2034.
Exploring the Solar System: Mission Updates
Space agencies have selected two solar missions and a “comet interceptor” for development and launch.
7 Incredible Discoveries from Two Decades of X-rays
On the eve of the 20th anniversaries for both the Chandra and XMM-Newton X-ray observatories, we celebrate with a look back at seven of their most incredible discoveries.
Astronomy in Space with David Dickinson
Astronomers Might Have Found Apollo 10's "Snoopy" Module
A small near-Earth object might be a historic piece of space hardware: the Apollo 10 lunar module, dubbed "Snoopy."
NICER Maps the X-ray Sky
NASA's NICER instrument aboard the International Space Station is giving us a unique view of much of the X-ray sky.
Does Starlink Pose a Space Debris Threat? An Expert Answers
SpaceX's Starlink satellites have come under heavy criticism for their potential to clutter the sky. Here's what a space debris expert has to say about it.
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Sounding Rockets Spark Dramatic Arctic "Aurora"
The spectacular AZURE experiment is the latest of several missions probing the interface of Earth and space over the Arctic.
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Israel's Beresheet Mission Crashes on the Moon
SpaceIL attempted, but missed, a historic first for private spaceflight and Israel — a soft landing on the Moon.
Astronomy in Space with David Dickinson
What India's Anti-Satellite Test Means for Space Debris
A recent anti-satellite missile test by India added hundreds of pieces of debris to an already cluttered low-Earth orbit.
