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Bill Nye • August 15, 2017 • 1
Bill Nye, CEO of The Planetary Society, has some suggestions for staying safe during next week's solar eclipse.
Merc Boyan • August 14, 2017 • 2
With the North American Total Solar Eclipse coming on August 21, people across the continent are getting eclipse mania! Astronomer Tyler Nordgren has written a detailed book on eclipses with a special focus on the August 21st event.
Jason Davis • August 11, 2017
Last week, NASA revealed an updated design for the Space Launch System, featuring black-and-white checkerboards streaking down each of the vehicle's solid rocket boosters.
Van Kane • August 10, 2017 • 5
NASA officials are in the process of selecting the agency’s next planetary science mission from a field of 12 competitors.
Aaron Campbell • August 08, 2017
Planetary Society intern Aaron Campbell recaps his experience working on Capitol Hill over the course of two summers.
Casey Dreier • August 05, 2017
Five (Earth) years ago today, the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity landed in a dramatic fashion on the surface of the Red Planet. We look back at a mission that advanced humanity's understanding of Mars and provided a priceless return on a modest investment.
Robert Pearlman • August 05, 2017
Did you know that hardware from one of NASA's retired space shuttle orbiters played a critical role in the landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars five years ago?
Casey Dreier • July 28, 2017
The proposed $19.5 billion would be less than the agency received in 2017, and substantially less than that proposed by the House for the coming year.
Emily Lakdawalla • July 28, 2017 • 1
Here's a simple and safe way to observe a partial eclipse that's appropriate for young children, with no eclipse glasses or other special equipment needed.
Julie Seven Sage • July 27, 2017 • 2
Aspiring astrophysicist Julie Seven Sage reports from the launch of student-designed CubeSat payloads at NASA's Wallops Flight Center.
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