ASCEND

ASCEND is the world’s first outcomes-focused, transdisciplinary conference designed to accelerate the building of our off-world future. It’s the premier opportunity to collaborate with 3,000+ civil and government leaders, national-security exp…

The 2020 Humans to Mars Summit

Are missions to the Moon by 2024 and Mars by 2033 achievable?
How will the 2020 Mars Rover advance the goal of getting humans to Mars?
If we find life on Mars, what next?

These are just a few of the questions that will be explor…

New Worlds 2019

You’ve heard about the rockets! Now come hear about where they’re going, why they’re going and who will ride them to New Worlds. Nov. 15-16 in Austin, Texas, world class scientists, experts and engineers will join the newest minds and future…

InSight heat flow probe suffers setback

A heat flow instrument on NASA’s InSight Mars lander suffered a setback Oct. 26 in its efforts to penetrate into the Martian surface.

Virgin Orbit to add extra rocket stage to LauncherOne for interplanetary missions

Virgin Orbit, while preparing for the first flight of its LauncherOne smallsat rocket, is in the process of choosing an engine for a three-stage variant that would be capable of sending payloads to other planets. 

InSight instrument resumes movement into Martian surface

A probe on NASA’s InSight Mars lander that has been stuck for months is moving deeper into the surface again thanks to an assist from the lander’s robotic arm.

Former NASA chief technologist to lead JPL planetary exploration program

A former NASA chief technologist will be joining the leadership of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as the center seeks to restructure its management of planetary missions.

InSight mission seeking new ways to fix heat flow probe

Members of the InSight mission team are using a break in spacecraft operations to study new ways to get one of the spacecraft’s key instruments to resume burrowing into the Martian surface.

Scientists worry about long-term future of NASA’s Mars exploration program

As NASA gears up a decade-long effort to return samples from Mars, some scientists are worried that the campaign may not leave any funding available for other robotic missions to the planet.

Op-ed | Making the moon and Mars possible

History is now repeating itself. President Trump has declared he wants to send astronauts to the moon by 2024 and then Mars by 2033. But, in other words, NASA is saying to Trump the same thing it said to Bush: “You can’t do your program until you do my program.”

Bridenstine says NASA planning for human Mars missions in 2030s

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said July 15 that, as NASA presses ahead with plans to return humans to the moon by 2024, he will not rule out a first human mission to Mars as soon as 2033.

European Mars lander suffers parachute damage in test

Development of a European-Russian Mars lander hit a setback when the spacecraft’s parachutes malfunctioned in a recent test, but project officials said they still have time to correct the problem before its launch in a year.

China’s moon, Mars and space station missions may be facing delays

China’s major space missions including a lunar sample return, Mars orbiter and rover and a modular space station could be facing delays due to an apparent issue affecting rockets required for launches.

11th IAA Symposium on the Future of Space Exploration Moon, Mars and Beyond: Becoming an Interplanetary Civilization

The International Academy of Astronautics is fostering global cooperation in Human and Robotics
Space Exploration since more than 5 decades.
The International Space Station program is expected to be completed by 2024 and there is no gl…

NASA tries new approach to fix Mars InSight instrument

NASA plans to take new steps later in June to try and resolve a problem with one of the key instruments on the Mars InSight lander.

China’s first Mars spacecraft undergoing integration for 2020 launch

“Mars 2020 mission spacecraft is undergoing integration,” Wang Chi, director of the National Space Science Center (NSSC) in Beijing, told SpaceNews in a rare update on the mission.