NASA has launched a new scientific balloon mission from Fort Sumner, New Mexico, carrying experimental technologies designed ...

Introduction: NASA's solar system exploration paradigm : the first fifty years and a look at the next fifty / James L. Green and Kristen J. Erickson -- Part I. Overview. Exploring the Solar System : ...

This handbook provides guidance to mission providers and Planetary Protection (PP) practitioners on implementing PP measures ...

Pasadena, CA (March 7, 2025) — The Planetary Society, the world’s largest independent space interest organization, issued the following statements in response to recent reports that the White House is ...

This study will describe how international and national planetary protection policy has been formulated and adopted and identify associated lessons to inform future policy development. The National ...

The insular institution highlights, during the meeting with ESA astronaut Pablo Álvarez, the importance of the UNESCO Global ...

Andy Weir's bestselling story "The Martian" predicts that by 2035 NASA will have landed humans on Mars three times, perfected return-to-Earth flight systems and collaborated with the China National ...

Aboard the iconic Queen Mary — in front of a crowd that included Star Trek actors, NASA leaders, and Bill Nye — Congresswoman Judy Chu summed up The Planetary Society’s 45 years of history in three ...

Pt. 1. The golden age, 1957-1982. The beginning -- Of landers and orbiters -- The grandest tour -- Pt. 2. Hiatus and renewal, 1983-1996. The decade of Halley -- The era of flagships -- Faster, cheaper ...