Elon Musk and former Google executive Greg Wyler have a plan to build hundreds of small satellites, and as of today it looks like they will be built in Seattle. The Seattle SpaceX… Read more »
Methane, in small quantities, is a constant on Mars. The scientists behind the Curiosity rover have seen that for years now. But a paper published Tuesday details that NASA is seeing something… Read more »
NASA’s Orion space capsule splashed down into the Pacific Ocean this morning after spending 4.5 hours doing two loops around Earth. This was only the first spaceflight test of many that… Read more »
Six people will spend the next eight months in a habitat in Hawaii meant to simulate living on Mars. Among other tasks, they will test a virtual reality program built to… Read more »
The Curiosity rover has been rolling across Mars’ surface for two years now, stopping regularly to analyze samples of Martian rocks and conduct other experiments. But the whole time it has… Read more »
NASA isn’t done investigating Mars for its past (and present) capability of hosting life. Its upcoming 2020 rover will have added abilities like radar that can probe the planet’s surface hundreds… Read more »
The spacecraft will spend 10 months journeying to Mars, where it will focus on the planet’s upper atmosphere. The data it collects could help explain the disappearance of water on the planet. Read more »
The sparse amount of methane found on the planet’s surface keeps getting sparser, but future methane-finding missions will go ahead anyway. Read more »
The Mars rover has shown us sites where water once flowed on the now-dusty planet and spotted rocks that might have been ideal to host life. Read more »