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The InSight Lander Mission May Finally Be Over

The InSight lander, which has spent over four years carrying out science on the Martian surface, may have finally died due to a lack of solar power. Read more…

See an Exclusive Clip From Good Night Oppy, a New Doc About the Mars Rover That Defied the Odds

Often, the public only turns its gaze to space missions during the spectacular moments: launches and landings, mostly. But Mars rovers maintain a special place in our hearts, as they toil millions of miles from home, sending us updates and images over the course of years. We get used to receiving these alien… Read more…

NASA Conducts ‘Dangerous’ Test of a Vacuum Gun to Study Space Rock Collisions

NASA is up to something in Las Cruces, New Mexico. In this remote location, the agency is studying how different spacecraft designs will interact with super-tiny rocks whipping through space. Read more…

Bye MOM: India’s Mars Orbiter Goes Silent After Running Out of Fuel

In orbit around Mars since 2014, India’s Mangalyaan spacecraft has suddenly gone silent. Mission controllers are no longer able to communicate with the orbiter, which is assumed to have run out of fuel and battery power, but only after long-exceeding its mission lifespan. Read more…

NASA’s InSight Lander Captures Meteoroid Impacts on Mars

NASA’s InSight Lander has recorded some exciting new data: The sounds of meteoroids impacting the surface of Mars. This is the first time that InSight has caught such an event, and the sound of a space rock slamming into the Red Planet is not quite what you’d expect. Read more…