Planetary Protection — how strict should the guidelines be to protect our home planet, to protect other worlds?

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What’s First? A Life-Detection or a Human Mission to Mars?

Rocket Lab aims to catch a falling booster with a helicopter for the first time ever this week, and a new video shows us how the action is supposed to go down.

NASA astronaut Victor Glover served as the pilot on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission and spent six months on the International Space Station, where he worked on scientific investigations, technology demonstrations, and completed four spacewalks. He’ll speak live from the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture about preparing to be an astronaut, his recent mission, and the future of space travel including Artemis missions to the Moon.

About Victor Glover: https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/victor-j-glover/biography

SpaceX’s GO Searcher Dragon recovery ship got a new name before leaving port. She goes by Megan now.

Ion drives, like the NEXIS thruster shown here, could propel astronomical bodies large distances over long periods of time. Could they be used to migrate the entire planet?

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule Endeavour splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida, with the Ax-1 crew onboard.

The successful all-private visit to the International Space Station paves the way for future flights.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 Mission to the Space Station

On April 18, the astronauts of our SpaceX Crew-4 mission arrived at our Kennedy Space Center to prepare for their launch to the International Space Station. NASA’s Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, and Jessica Watkins, along with Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency (ESA) are excited about their scientific expedition to the station.