NASA Flew by the Moon, but Behind the Scenes, Its Science Is a Chaotic Mess

Artemis II’s journey around the moon, scheduled to conclude on Friday, has delivered stunning new images of our home world ...
Phys.org

Lower-cost space missions like NASA's ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science, but at a risk

After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA's Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission has finally begun its roundabout journey to Mars. Launched on Nov. 13, 2025, ...
SpaceNews

NASA to end support for planetary science groups

WASHINGTON — NASA is ending financial support for several planetary science groups as part of a broader drawdown of the agency’s advisory structure. In a Jan. 16 letter, Louise Prockter, director of ...
SpaceNews

NASA selects two Earth science missions for development

The Earth Dynamics Geodetic Explorer (EDGE) is one of two missions NASA selected Feb. 5 for its Earth System Explorer program. Credit: Lanteris Space Systems WASHINGTON — NASA has selected two Earth ...
Ars Technica

A mission NASA might kill is still returning fascinating science from Jupiter

Jupiter’s colossal storms generate lightning flashes at least 100 times more powerful than those on Earth, according to scientists analyzing data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft. The findings were ...