Although MAVEN's mission has ended, its scientific contributions will continue to unlock the mysteries of Mars and shape future exploration for years to come.

Mars, the Red Planet. The subject of numerous novels, well into the thousands, and movies well into the hundreds and counting. Most people could probably name at least one Mars novel or movie. One of the more famous classic movies, War of the Worlds, was released in 1953 and inspired by the H.G. Wells book, War of the Worlds, published in 1898. The classic wasn't about Mars per se; it went further, centering on a Martian invasion of Earth. An interesting illustration of fasci

On October 14th, 2024, Europa Clipper, a NASA Flagship mission, launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket. This Falcon Heavy marked the 11th launch of the world’s most powerful operational rocket, but this launch marked the first time a NASA Flagship planetary science mission had launched using reusable side boosters. SpaceX Falcon Heavy on Launch Pad 39A NASA Flagship Mission Europa Clipper. Credit Spacepoint Those side boosters (B1064 and B1065) last launched the NASA

The hazy golden atmosphere of Titan, target of the NASA New Frontiers Mission - Dragonfly. Credit: NASA Saturn's Largest Moon Saturn, roughly 886 million miles from the Sun, orbits our star with 293 moons, more than any other planet in our solar system. One of those moons has captured scientists' attention above all others. Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is larger than Earth's moon, larger than the planet Mercury, and slightly smaller than Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon. Ti