Amid heightened tensions between the United States and China, the two countries signed a bilateral science and technology agreement[1] on Dec. 13, 2024. The event was billed as a “renewal” of a 45-year-old pact to encourage cooperation, but that may be misleading.
The revised agreement drastically narrows the scope of the original agreement...
NASA’s upcoming Artemis II mission[1] is slated to return astronauts to the Moon no sooner than April 2026. Astronauts were last on the Moon in 1972 during the Apollo 17 mission[2].
Artemis II will utilize NASA’s Space Launch System[3], which is an extremely powerful rocket that will enable human space exploration beyond Earth’s...
Imagine it’s Monday morning, too cold and too dark, but once that alarm goes off, you know you’ve got to rally. The kids have to get to school. You’ve got to get to work. And, of course, your ever-growing to-do list hangs over your head like a dark cloud, somehow both too threatening to ignore and too threatening to start its...
In 2024, space exploration dazzled the world.
NASA’s Europa Clipper[1] began its journey to study Jupiter’s moon Europa. SpaceX’s Starship[2] achieved its first successful landing, a critical milestone for future deep space missions. China made headlines with the Chang’e 6 mission[3], which successfully returned samples from the far side...