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Jason Davis

Touchdown occurred at about 22:49 UTC on 21 February, and the spacecraft is healthy.

Emily Lakdawalla

InSight has placed its second science instrument on the ground and set it free. Now it's time to bury the heat probe in the soil.

Casey Dreier

SpaceX says it wants to save NASA money, but its actions could cost taxpayers more in the end.

Jason Davis

More than 4 years after launch and a half year surveying asteroid Ryugu, Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft is ready for sample collection.

Jason Davis

Launch day is almost here for the small lunar lander built by Israeli non-profit SpaceIL.

Casey Dreier

After months of unrelated political turmoil, multiple stop-gap spending bills, and an unprecedented government shutdown, NASA's 2019 budget was finally signed into law.

A.J.S. Rayl

At around 8 pm February 12, 2019, Pacific Standard Time (PST), the final commands were transmitted to Opportunity, the Mars Exploration Rover that defied all odds.

The Planetary Society

The Planetary Society staff has selected our top ten favorite episodes of Planetary Radio. Listen now.

Emily Lakdawalla

InSight has gone two for two, placing the second of its instruments gently on the Martian ground.

Emily Lakdawalla

A crescent view of MU69 reveals its bizarre shape. Let's look at lots of other fun-shaped space crescents.

Andrew Jones

Chang’e-4 is sending home brilliant footage from its various spacecraft, while also being snapped by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Emily Lakdawalla

Curiosity completed work at Vera Rubin Ridge with an easy drilling activity at Rock Hall. Now it has finally driven on to mineral-rick rocks that were seen from orbit, long before Curiosity arrived. The team plans a lengthy traverse of the clay-bearing unit.

Jason Davis

NASA says it does not expect to receive any more transmissions from the MarCO CubeSats that accompanied Insight to Mars last year.

Adam Block

Award-winning astrophotographer Adam Block shares some of his latest galactic treasures.

Emily Lakdawalla

InSight mission has successfully placed the wind and thermal shield over the seismometer. The seismometer will now be shielded from winds and kept warm over the cold Martian nights, so the quality of its data should dramatically increase.

A.J.S. Rayl

As a string of dust storms moved through Meridiani Planum and over Endeavour Crater in January, Opportunity silently wrapped her fifteenth year on the surface of Mars.

Jason Davis

The team has yet to find a Bennu sample site that matches their pre-arrival expectations, meaning their plans will probably have to change.

Emily Lakdawalla

Look up at space at night from a dark location and you can see innumerable stars. Why, then, do photos of so many things in space show black space, devoid of stars?

Casey Dreier

If ever there was an example of how quickly political winds can shift, look no further than the sudden end to a seemingly endless government shutdown on January 25th.

Andrew Jones

China has big plans for the future, including lunar sample return, a robotic research base, and potentially human missions.