The next chapter in Mars and exoplanet exploration. Accelerate progress in our three core enterprises — Explore Worlds, Find Life, and Defend Earth. You can support the entire fund, or designate a ...
You may have seen headlines about an upcoming supermoon, but what exactly does that mean? A supermoon happens when the full Moon appears larger than usual. This takes place roughly once a year when ...
Author’s note: In this article, I will discuss close electoral contests. Any mention of close races or expected outcomes is neither my personal hope nor an expert analysis, but rather the result of an ...
Pasadena, CA (June 14, 2019) — In advance of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, The Planetary Society released comprehensive new cost analysis and Apollo mission resources to better ...
Chandrayaan-3 was a Moon lander and rover mission by India’s space agency. The spacecraft launched on July 14, 2023 and touched down in the Moon’s south polar region on August 23, 2023. The ...
NASA expects to spend approximately $2.7 billion on the Perseverance rover project. This number can sound large, even excessive, to some—but it’s a number that demands context. Let’s give it some. The ...
For the first time in over a year, NASA's Perseverance rover has collected a sample on Mars. On Oct. 24, the rover drilled a ...
Mars was once an Earth-like world. When life emerged on our watery planet sometime between 3.5 to 4 billion years ago, Mars was also home to lakes of liquid water and possibly flowing rivers. Combined ...
Map of Mars with major regions labeled The base map is a Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter topographic map of Mars. The most obvious geomorphic feature of Mars is the dichotomy between its northern ...
NASA's fiscal year 2024 budget is $24.875 billion, a 2% cut relative to 2023. NASA's troubled Mars Sample Return project was the flashpoint in the congressional budget process. It survived a ...
The next chapter in Mars and exoplanet exploration. Accelerate progress in our three core enterprises — Explore Worlds, Find Life, and Defend Earth. You can support the entire fund, or designate a ...
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