Articles

Casey Dreier

A critical part of a balanced exploration program, competed missions are scientist-led projects that cost less and occur more frequently than large, flagship-class missions.

The Downlink

Whether it’s a mission, a policy decision, or an individual person, sometimes all it takes is one thing to change the way we explore.

The Downlink

Technological innovation is a big part of the fun of space exploration, and you can help make it happen.

Bill Dunford

Pioneer trails extend all the way to Mars.

Emily Lakdawalla

The United States Geological Survey recently issued an improved version of the Viking color map of Mars. This 40-year-old data set still provides the prettiest global-scale map of the planet.

Emily Lakdawalla

I've been waiting for the publication of this book for years. Phil Stooke's International Atlas of Mars Exploration, just published by Cambridge University Press, is an exhaustively awesome labor of love, chronicling the first five decades of Mars exploration in pictures, maps, and facts.

Emily Lakdawalla

Jason Davis put together this neat summary of the checkered history of Mars exploration.

Emily Lakdawalla

As I was beginning my research for my two magazine articles on the Curiosity rover's upcoming mission to Mars, I needed to figure out for myself how exactly this gigantic, ungainly machine fit in to the context of past Martian missions.

Emily Lakdawalla

Doug Ellison has been playing with Martian digital terrain models recently, to great effect.

Emily Lakdawalla

This was so cute I had to repost it -- and record it too.