Space

Animated countdown ending with "T:MINUS" over a background transitioning from red to blue, evoking the spirit of Mars missions.
Aerospace
T-Minus: How to not die on (the way to) Mars
A breakdown of the five biggest threats to future Mars astronauts and what NASA scientists are doing to overcome each one.
Kristin Houser
Three people in astronaut training suits and helmets smiling inside a spacecraft simulation chamber.
Outer Space
Life on Mars, together
Researchers spent two weeks at the Mars Desert Research Station conducting an analog mission for potential future trips to Mars.
Rachel Ornitz | Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics | MIT News
A digital rendering of a martian landscape with rugged, reddish mountains and textured ground under a dark sky.
Outer Space
NASA hopes private space companies can rescue its $11 billion Mars rock mission
If this ambitious NASA mission unraveled, scientists would lose their chance to learn much more about the red planet.
Chris Impey
Close-up of a person in a futuristic helmet with a visor, featuring the logo "t-minus" on top of it
Aerospace
T-Minus: New SpaceX fashion, a Mars mystery, and more
Kristin Houser
Starliner spacecraft in orbit above Earth, with a detailed view of its docking mechanism and the Earth's horizon in the background.
Aerospace
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft was set to launch on May 6 — but was delayed again
Wendy Whitman Cobb
a rendering of a large, kite-like solar sail flying over the Earth from the perspective of space. The T-Minus logo is over the image.
Astronomy
T-Minus: Psyche phones home, NASA sets sail, and more
Kristin Houser
an artist's depiction of the surface of Titan, with Saturn in the background. The T-Minus logo is on top of the image.
Aerospace
T-Minus: $11B Mars rocks, Voyager 1’s resurrection, and more
Kristin Houser
A rocket launch adjacent to a coastal area, emitting a large plume of smoke and flames, with a watermark saying "T-Minus" in the image center.
Aerospace
T-Minus: SpaceX’s military launch, a rocket family’s final flight, and more
Kristin Houser
An astronaut using a lunar rover on the moon's surface with a small earth visible in the sky. the logo "T-Minus" is overlaid in the center.
Aerospace
T-Minus: SpaceX’s first “Bandwagon” launch, NASA’s future moon vehicles, and more
Kristin Houser
An artistic representation of a black hole with accretion disk and relativistic jets emitting from its poles.
Outer Space
Persistent “hiccups” in a far-off galaxy draw astronomers to new black hole behavior
Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office
Concept art of ESA's LISA in space, with two red laser beams shooting out of it
Astronomy
How three laser-shooting spacecraft could reveal the birth of the universe
Kristin Houser
An astronaut in a spacesuit with a reflective helmet visor stands on the lunar surface
Aerospace
T-Minus: Counting down the 10 biggest “firsts” in space exploration
Kristin Houser
an image of a Chinese rocket circled, with an arrow pointing toward an image of Mars
Aerospace
China is one step closer to having a nuclear-powered spacecraft
Kristin Houser