Satellite News

Tucked in the belly of NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover is a golden box that, if all goes well, will turn some of the Red Planet’s thin, carbon-dioxide-rich atmosphere into sweet, sweet oxygen.

China’s Tianwen-1 spacecraft fired its engines Monday (Feb. 15) to place it in a polar orbit around the Red Planet.

Krispy Kreme’s Mars Doughnut, available on Thursday (Feb. 18) only, is filled with chocolate creme and dipped in caramel icing that’s been dyed to look like the Red Planet.

Jezero Crater may be the proving ground in our search for Martian life.

A Russian space vessel carrying an algae experiment, long-duration medical examinations and thousands of pounds of other cargo and supplies docked safely at the International Space Station Wednesday (Feb. 17).