An astronaut suddenly couldn’t speak in space. What does that mean for future missions?

A health scare prompted the first ever early return from the International Space Station for a medical reason. Does it change ...

NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Just Used Mars as a Giant Slingshot

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft just used Mars as a giant slingshot on its journey to a mysterious metal world that could reveal what’s hidden inside planets like Earth.
Science Daily

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft uses Mars as a giant slingshot toward a mysterious metal world

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft just used Mars as a giant gravitational slingshot to continue its journey toward a strange metal rich asteroid. The close flyby boosted the spacecraft’s speed by about 1,000 ...

Big Smile, No Teeth: I want to believe

In a 1969 debriefing after the Apollo 11 moon mission, astronaut Buzz Aldrin reported seeing little flashes inside the ...

July 2026: What's in the sky this month? Venus and Jupiter are visible in the evening, plus a conjunction of Mars and Uranus before dawn

Venus and Jupiter remain visible in the evening sky soon after sunset early in July, although Jupiter fairly quickly drops ...

Asteroid mission captures rarely seen perspective of Mars during close flyby

NASA’s Psyche mission to investigate a metal-rich asteroid captured rare glimpses of Mars during a recent flyby.
USA Today

A researcher may have found a shortcut to Mars as NASA eyes red planet

A round trip from Earth to Mars takes about three years. New research suggests a potential shortcut to Mars, inspired by an asteroid's orbital path, that would reduce the journey to as little as 153 ...
Live Science

'I was not looking for this': Scientist accidentally finds shortcut to Mars that could slash travel time in half

Astronauts could complete a round trip to Mars in less than a year someday, potentially cutting current mission timelines in half, according to a new study that drew inspiration from asteroid ...
Futurism

There’s a Hidden Shortcut to Mars, Scientific Paper Finds

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Gizmodo

Astronomer Finds a Shortcut to Mars by Following an Asteroid’s Journey Through Space

A one-way trip to Mars takes somewhere between seven and 10 months, following a fairly direct route between Earth and our neighboring planet. But what if we could cut that journey by more than half, ...
Forbes

Elon Musk’s Jilting Mars To Build Moon City Could Spark His Downfall

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. SpaceX's founder shocked the space world when he said he's freezing his crusade to begin ...
Phys.org

An interplanetary shortcut can speed up trips to Mars

Whether it's robotic rovers heading to Mars or, one day, a crew of astronauts, a round-trip journey is an incredibly long one. But there may be a way to find a shortcut. A new study published in the ...