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2026 will be a big year for space science

In 2026, astronauts will travel around the Moon for the first time since the Apollo era, powerful new space telescopes will ...

From a new flagship space telescope to lunar exploration, global cooperation – and competition – will make 2026 an exciting year for space

The US, China, India, Europe and Japan all have exciting missions on the horizon in 2026. Many of them are collaborative ...
SpaceNews

A practical approach to the Mars Sample Return mission

A photo montage showing sample tubes shortly after they were deposited onto the surface by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. Credit: NASA/JPL-CALTECH/MSSS NASA’s Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission has run ...
Opinion
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Interplanetary science needs a commercial backbone

There’s a lot of energy right now around taking big leaps with deep-space missions, as sustained lunar activity and Mars exploration gain momentum. Commercial players are leading, but major leaps ...

NASA launches new mission to get the most out of the James Webb Space Telescope

Among other things, the James Webb Space Telescope is designed to get us closer to finding habitable worlds around faraway ...
Scientific American

Why We Need to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle in Space

A decade ago humanity launched around 200 objects into space per year. Now we launch more than 2,600, with no prospects for slowing down. This rapid expansion of human activity in outer space has ...