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Small BodiesStories, updates, insights, and original analysis from The Planetary Society.
Orion's third flight will haul two pieces of a space station to lunar orbit
NASA is planning for a 30-day mission to lunar orbit in 2024.
India says it will send a human to space by 2022
The announcement came as a surprise to many people within ISRO, the country's space agency.
NASA names crews and dates for first U.S. commercial missions
Four NASA astronauts and one commercial employee are expected to launch aboard SpaceX and Boeing-operated vehicles in 2019.
NASA is beloved; the Moon, not so much
A new poll shows broad support for space exploration in the United States. But sending astronauts to the Moon ranks as the lowest priority among the public.
Cygnus cargo craft will test ability to boost and deorbit the International Space Station
NASA and Orbital ATK are planning a one-minute test burn before Cygnus leaves the station.
The curious case of the Apollo 4 Earth images
Revisiting images of Earth taken from the uncrewed Apollo 4 command module in 1967.
How are we preparing astronauts for a return to the Moon?
Returning to the Moon won’t be easy, even though we’ve been there before.
Is NASA painting itself into a corner with its ISS transition plans?
By 2025, NASA wants to create a new humans-in-LEO market, and then become the non-primary customer for that new market.
A brief history of Resource Prospector, NASA's cancelled lunar mission
The mission survived NASA's Journey to Mars era, only to be axed once short-term goals shifted back to the Moon.
Tiangong-1: How to follow the space lab's decaying orbit and reentry
With the space station likely to fall on April Fool's Day, it's important to know whom to follow for reliable information.
Funpost! The transportation of humans to foreign planets
For this week's Funpost, Jason answers 11 questions about humans exploring Mars.
Book Review: The Space Barons
A new book focuses on the eccentric leaders of SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Virgin Galactic.
Throwback Thursday Funpost! That time I created work for the ISS crew
An important American flag is lost and found aboard the International Space Station.
Throwback Thursday Funpost! A spacewalk in deep space
Only three humans have ever been on a spacewalk in the void between the Earth and Moon.
NASA has a Moon landing plan—sort of
It's a gradual, stepped approach, envisioning human spaceflight, planetary science, and commercial partners all working together.
Some snark (and details!) about NASA's proposed lunar space station
So long, Deep Space Gateway. You've been replaced with the Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway.
Goodbye, ISS. Hello, private space stations?
The International Space Station may go away in 2025. Will private space stations be ready to fill the gap?
International meetings: Moon initiatives
Interest is rising globally in expanded lunar science, resource exploration and eventually permanent human settlement. Also, the potential for commercial lunar enterprises is being seriously examined.
Let's talk about NASA's latest commercial crew delay
SpaceX and Boeing might not be certified to carry astronauts to the International Space Station until 2019 or 2020.
What changed with space directive #1?
President Trump signed Space Directive #1, formally implementing as policy what Vice President Pence had announced at the first meeting of the National Space Council in October: that NASA will focus its human spaceflight efforts on a return to the Moon, and then onto Mars. What really changed?