Satellite News

On Jan. 15, 2006, NASA’s Stardust spacecraft returned to Earth with a capsule that contained the first samples of a comet. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

NASA’s Curiosity rover marked 3,000 Martian days, or “sols,” on the Red Planet Tuesday (Jan. 12), a mere five weeks before NASA’s Perseverance rover is scheduled to touch down.

Long before millions of people isolated themselves to protect against a pandemic, three astronauts spent 21 days secluded from the rest of the world after being exposed to the moon, as shown in the new short film “Apollo 11: Quarantine.”

NASA is ready to give missions at Mars and Jupiter a little more time to continue their investigations, although there’s no guarantee they will finish out their extended missions.

The incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris may very well make history with their choice to lead the 62-year-old U.S. space agency.