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Reusable launch vehicles will change everything in space, and on Earth

Reusable launch vehicles will change everything in space, and on Earth

SpaceNews February 11, 2026
“When you have a fully reusable vehicle … you can send it anywhere … to the moon … past Mars”  —Jared Isaacman, NASA Administrator. Imag...
Musk Embraces the Moon

Musk Embraces the Moon

SpacePolicyOnline.com February 11, 2026
Just 12 months after convincing President Trump to use his inaugural address to extol the vision of sending people to Mars, Elon Musk is changing cour...
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4798-4803: Back for More Science

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4798-4803: Back for More Science

NASA February 10, 2026
Written by Michelle Minitti, MAHLI Deputy Principal Investigator Earth planning date: Friday, Feb. 6, 2026 The results from our first visit to the “...
Musk says SpaceX focus is on the moon rather than Mars

Musk says SpaceX focus is on the moon rather than Mars

SpaceNews February 9, 2026
A little more than a year after dismissing the moon as a “distraction,” Elon Musk says SpaceX will focus on lunar settlement before sending human...
Has Elon Musk given up on Mars?

Has Elon Musk given up on Mars?

Arstechnica February 9, 2026
"SpaceX has already shifted focus to building a self-growing city on the Moon."
SpaceX shifts focus from Mars to Moon, Musk says

SpaceX shifts focus from Mars to Moon, Musk says

SpaceDaily February 9, 2026
Washington, United States (AFP) Feb 9, 2026 SpaceX is putting its longstanding focus of sending humans to Mars on the backburner to prioritize esta...
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4788-4797: Welcome Back from Conjunction

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4788-4797: Welcome Back from Conjunction

SpaceDaily February 8, 2026
Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 08, 2026 Mars has emerged from its holiday behind the Sun, and we here on Earth have been able to reconnect with Curiosity ...
NASA Study: Non-biologic Processes Don't Fully Explain Mars Organics

NASA Study: Non-biologic Processes Don't Fully Explain Mars Organics

SpaceDaily February 8, 2026
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 08, 2026 In a new study, researchers say that non-biological sources they considered could not fully account for the abundanc...
DLR plans new control center for future Moon and Mars missions

DLR plans new control center for future Moon and Mars missions

SpaceDaily February 8, 2026
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 08, 2026 For upcoming human and robotic missions to the Moon and Mars, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) will establish a ...
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4788-4797: Welcome Back from Conjunction

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4788-4797: Welcome Back from Conjunction

NASA February 4, 2026
Written by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University, Toronto Earth planning date: Friday, Jan. 30, 2026 Mars has emerged from its holida...
Explore Mars’s Flaugergues Crater

Explore Mars’s Flaugergues Crater

ESA February 4, 2026
ESA’s Mars Express takes us on a journey across the southern highlands of Mars, including a flight around Flaugergues Crater.
Perseverance rover completes landmark AI guided trek across Jezero rim

Perseverance rover completes landmark AI guided trek across Jezero rim

SpaceDaily February 3, 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 02, 2026 NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has completed the first AI planned drives ever carried out on another planet, us...
Martian toxin found to toughen microbe built bricks

Martian toxin found to toughen microbe built bricks

SpaceDaily February 3, 2026
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 02, 2026 Bacteria that thrive on Earth may not survive easily on Mars, where the soil contains toxic perchlorate salt...
Visualizing Perseverance’s AI-Planned Drive on Mars

Visualizing Perseverance’s AI-Planned Drive on Mars

NASA January 30, 2026
Description This animation of NASA’s Perseverance was created with the Caspian visualization tool using data acquired during an 807-foot (246-meter...
Mapping Perseverance’s Route With AI

Mapping Perseverance’s Route With AI

NASA January 30, 2026
Description This annotated image from NASA’s HiRISE (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) camera aboard the agency’s Mars Reconnaissance...
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Completes First AI-Planned Drive on Mars

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Completes First AI-Planned Drive on Mars

NASA January 30, 2026
The team for the six-wheeled scientist used a vision-capable AI to create a safe route over the Red Planet’s surface without the input of hum...
NASA faces a crucial choice on a Mars spacecraft—and it must decide soon

NASA faces a crucial choice on a Mars spacecraft—and it must decide soon

Arstechnica January 30, 2026
"We think that’s a really important mission, and something that we can do."
New clues to Mars habitability in discovery of ancient beach

New clues to Mars habitability in discovery of ancient beach

SpaceDaily January 30, 2026
London, UK (SPX) Jan 30, 2026 New findings from NASAs Perseverance rover have revealed evidence of wave-formed beaches and rocks altered by subsu...
AI digital twins aim to protect astronaut mobility on deep space missions

AI digital twins aim to protect astronaut mobility on deep space missions

SpaceDaily January 29, 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2026 West Virginia University researchers are developing artificial intelligence tools to help astronauts maintain move...
Networks Keeping NASA’s Artemis II Mission Connected

Networks Keeping NASA’s Artemis II Mission Connected

NASA January 28, 2026
NASA’s Artemis II mission will transport four astronauts around the Moon, bringing the agency one step closer to sending the first astronauts to Mar...