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
Outer Space
Tiny satellite “constellations” could bring the entire world online
Daniel Bier
Outer Space
The first private moonshot is ready to launch
John Horack
Leadership
How NASA scientists learned to stick with super long-term goals
Bruce Barry and Thomas Bateman
Meet the amateur astronomer who found a lost NASA satellite
Outer Space
What we learned from a decade of commercial space travel
Joel Wooten
Outer Space
SpaceX internet is coming
Daniel Bier
Outer Space
This is the new space race
Mike Riggs
Outer Space
How do we respond to crimes in space?
Mike Riggs
Outer Space
Preparing the first space colonizers for life off of planet Earth
Mike Riggs
Series| The New Space Race
Preparing for outer space