Texas Standard

‘On a Mission’ explores the history of women in space

"The first 20 women or so ... couldn't even imagine the reality or the possibility of becoming an astronaut except as they ...
Scientific American

This Mars-Bound Spacecraft Will Test Jared Isaacman’s Vision for NASA

NASA’s presumptive next leader wants to outsource more of the space agency’s interplanetary science. The newly launched ...

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Launched A NASA Mars Mission

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at Blue Origin’s successful Mars mission, learning new languages from AI, ...

China's Imperiled Astronauts Illustrate the Dangers of Space DebrisChina's Imperiled Astronauts Reveal the Dangers of Space Debris

N o trip to space can be counted a success unless you make it safely back to Earth. That’s a lesson American astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams learned when their intended eight-day stay ...

Almost Everything About NASA’s Latest Mission to Mars Is Unusual

The ESCAPADE mission, which launched to space on a Blue Origin rocket on Thursday, breaks the mold of how planetary science ...