The Parker Solar Probe: Our First Mission to Touch the Sun!
17th Apr, 2018
In just a few short months, NASA will launch the Parker Solar Probe, a mission designed to get the closest we've ever been to the Sun.
NASA Mars InSight Lander: Ready to Study the Heart of Mars
4th Apr, 2018
InSight is scheduled to launch from the California coast to the plains of Mars on May 5, 2018. This is the first launch to another planet from the West Coast.
TESS Update with Sara Seager and Natalia Guerrero
13th Feb, 2018
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is scheduled to launch later this year. Where does the mission stand? Join us as we take a look at the status of the TESS mission and discuss some of the amazing science it is designed to accomplish.
How Do We Make Future Space Astronomy Missions Happen?
20th Oct, 2017
The James Webb Space Telescope is the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. How was that mission chosen over all the others? NASA has begun four concept studies of exciting major space observatories that could launch sometime in the coming coup
NASA’s HabEx Mission and Living Earths: The Astronomical Answer to "Are We Alone?"
22nd Sep, 2017
The Habitable Exoplanet Imaging Mission (HabEx) is a concept for a mission to directly image planetary systems around Sun-like stars. HabEx will directly image Earth-like exoplanets, and characterize their atmospheric content. NASA has begun four
The Lynx Space Telescope: Our Next Flagship to Probe the X-Ray Universe
18th Aug, 2017
Lynx will take X-ray astronomy to new levels by combining a large gain in collecting area over Chandra and XMM, an angular resolution of 1/2 arcsecond, and high-throughput spectroscopy over a large field of view. NASA has begun a series of studies