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Artist's Concept of Surface of Jupiter Moon Europa
This artist's concept shows a simulated view from the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa. Europa's potentially rough, icy surface, tinged with reddish areas that scientists hope to learn more about, can be seen in the foreground. The giant planet Jupiter looms over the horizon. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)

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After NASA’s Orion spacecraft was recovered at the conclusion of the Artemis 1 test flight and transported to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, its heat shield was removed from the crew module inside the Operations and Checkout Building and rotated for inspection.

NASA's Orion crew capsule had heat shield issues during Artemis 1 − an aerospace expert weighs in (op-ed)

By Marcos Fernandez Tous published

Issues with the Orion spacecraft's heat shield on Artemis 1 have delayed the next mission, Artemis 2. So what happened?

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a graphic illustration of a flat earth with a large dome structure above.

How to debate a flat-Earther

By Paul Sutter last updated

Some people around the world believe our planet is flat. Here's the (surprising) truth about debating them.

Earth
SpaceX CEO and founder Elon Musk at a NASA prelaunch briefing in 2020.

SpaceX's Elon Musk endorsed Donald Trump for president. Here's what it could mean for US space policy (op-ed)

By Svetla Ben-Itzhak published

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people in spacesuits on the surface of mars surrounded by metal buildings

The values of family in space (op-ed)

By Rick Tumlinson published

The frontier culture of space will enhance and revitalize the concept of family, even as it has seemed to fade in the societies that are launching this new era.

Human Spaceflight
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Why we're one step closer to understanding how Earth got its oceans (op-ed)

By Darryl Seligman published

Earth may have gotten some of its water from 'dark comets,' and the forthcoming Vera C. Rubin Observatory could uncover key clues about these mysterious cosmic bodies.

Earth
Two people in spacesuits walk the surface of a rust colored planet. The astronaut in the foreground looks at something far away, in wonder. The astronaut to the right and slight behind leans on a rock formation and holds a hammer. A many-wheeled rover is parked behind them and in the distance, some habitat modules.

This time, we take it from no one: Why opening the High Frontier of space can be different (op-ed)

By Rick Tumlinson published

The coming settlement of the High Frontier doesn’t have to be a repeat of the violent conquests and colonization of history. We will not take space from anyone, and we can give it to everyone.

Human Spaceflight
an illustration of a Chinese moon base

Are we prepared for Chinese preeminence on the moon and Mars? (op-ed)

By Chris Carberry, Joe Cassady published

The U.S. could lose its decades-old leadership in space exploration and technology to China.

The moon
artist's illustration of a pancake-shaped comet in deep space outgassing a whitish cloud of hydrogen

Could the solar system be teeming with interstellar objects? We'll soon find out (op-ed)

By Darryl Seligman published

With JWST and other telescopes, we now have the tools to tell the difference between an intelligent visitor and an interstellar 'dark comet' like 'Oumuamua. Let's not get fooled.

Solar System
Illustration of NASA astronauts at the lunar south pole.

Getting it right on the moon: Let's not trash Tranquility (op-ed)

By Rick Tumlinson published

Humanity is headed back to the moon. We shouldn't make the same mistakes there that we have made here on Earth.

Space Exploration
A half Earth rising above the moon

Inside 'Earthrise': A historian's take on the origins of the Apollo 8 'image of the century'

By Robert Poole published

The impact of Apollo 8's "Earthrise" picture – the sight of the Earth from the moon – now seems even greater than that of the first landing.

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