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India Heads to the Moon With Chandrayaan 2
India enters the 21st-century race to the Moon with its Chandrayaan 2 mission.
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.
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.
NASA’s Budget Gets a Boost for the Artemis Moon Initiative
As the White House requests an extra $1.6 billion for NASA’s Artemis project, the agency moves forward with commercial partnerships.
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.
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.
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.
Curiosity Sees Phobos Transit . . . After Sunset
NASA's Curiosity rover just spied transits of both Martian moons across the face of the Sun — including one that happened after the Sun had set.
Quaking Aspen Leaves Inspire Potential Power Source For Mars Rovers
A unique concept could serve as an emergency power backup for future missions.
NASA 2020 Budget Proposal Boosts Exploration, Downplays Science
NASA's Lunar Gateway and a return to the Moon are the big winners in the 2020 budget proposed for the agency; the futures of planetary and Earth science are less clear.
Mars Insight's "Mole" Hits a Snag
Drilling operations for NASA's Mars Insight Lander have been put on hold as the "mole" has hit unexpected obstacles.
Israeli Lunar Lander Heads to the Moon
Israel's Beresheet lunar lander was carried to space today on top of a Falcon 9 rocket, headed for a soft landing on the Moon in April.
NASA to Explore Early Universe, Origins of Life with SPHEREX
The SPHEREX mission will create multiple surveys of the near-infrared sky that will reveal the origins of life and perhaps the universe itself.
Opportunity Reaches the End of Its Long Road
Despite months of listening, NASA has failed to pick up any signals from the stalwart Opportunity rover.
Speeding Up Plutonium Production for Space Exploration
Automation of a key process may yield an eightfold boost to U.S. plutonium production, a promising development for deep-space exploration.
China's Chang'e 4 Lands on the Lunar Farside
China's Chang'e 4 performed a historic first on January 3rd with a soft landing on the farside of the Moon.
Space Missions to Watch in 2019
Multiple trips to the Moon, physics satellites, and Europe's long-awaited exoplanet explorer are among the space missions on tap for 2019.
Osiris-REX Arrives at Asteroid Bennu
NASA's ambitious Osiris-REX mission will now spend the next couple years surveying Bennu before attempting to return a sample to Earth.
Insight Lander Touches Down on Mars
After a safe landing, NASA's first dedicated geophysical mission to Mars will spend the next two years studying the deep interior of the Red Planet.
Astronomy in Space with David Dickinson
Dusk for Dawn: NASA's Groundbreaking Mission Comes to an End
After 11 Years, NASA's Dawn mission to explore Vesta and Ceres is about to come to an end.
