
The further exploration of the solar system, including human missions to Mars, requires
more than just new launch vehicles. Dylan Taylor discusses some other enabling
technologies for missions to Mars and beyond.
China launched two rockets in six hours during a busy day that also included the
successful astronaut landing.
NASA announced last month it will hold a new competition to select a second lunar lander
for the Artemis program alongside SpaceX’s Starship. Jeff Foust reports this gives
companies that lost the first time a second shot, but perhaps with different designs and
different partners.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has sent users to the mission equipment
installed on the outboard experiment platform.
The Biden administration wants other countries to sign on to its pledge not to conduct
destructive anti-satellite missile tests in space.