Photos: 50 Years Since Viking 1 Landed on Mars

On July 20, 1976, Viking 1—the first successful Mars lander in history—touched down on the red planet. NASA’s Viking Program ...
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY: ‘The Eagle Has Landed,’ Apollo 11 Touches Down On Moon 57 Years Ago Today

This two-minute video montage shows highlights of the Apollo 11 moonwalk on July 20, 1969. (NASA Johnson video) July 1969. It ...
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1976 – 2026: Celebrating 50 Years of NASA’s Viking Missions

In summer 2026, NASA will commemorate the 50th anniversary of one of the most consequential milestones in planetary ...

Scientists Discover a Planet With the Most Earth-like Conditions Yet

Since then, astronomers using both space-based and Earth-based telescopes have found more than 6,200 exoplanets scattered ...
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After nearly a year on the International Space Station, Scott Kelly found the hard part was never leaving Earth — it was coming back, when the smell of rain felt almost to…

After 340 days on the ISS, astronaut Scott Kelly returned to Earth to find his own home felt staged, his skin broke out from ...
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First US private spacecraft to reach lunar orbit completes mission. Here's why it matters for Artemis

Communications experiments carried out by CAPSTONE could be invaluable for future Artemis missions.
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Tianwen-2 Reaches Kamo’oalewa as New Evidence Undercuts Lunar-Origin Theory

China's Tianwen-2 spacecraft arrived at near-Earth asteroid 469219 Kamo'oalewa on July 6, 2026, completing a 400-day, 1-billion-kilometer voyage to one of the strangest objects in Earth's neighborhood ...
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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 ...
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Astronomer Tracking Near-Earth Asteroid 2001 CA21 Finds Potential Shortcut To Mars

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...
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Could an Earthly Fungus Contaminate Mars? NASA May Have Found One Hardy Enough.

Researchers identified a species that can survive radiation, extreme heat and simulated Martian soil, posing a new challenge for protocols intended to keep the red planet pristine. By Emily ...