If scientists are able to inspect it in person, and they find that Mars was indeed once alive with microbes, we would know ...

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman addressed Crew-11’s early return, citing training and preparedness after the ISS’s first medical evacuation and safe Pacific splashdown.

NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) reached the Sun-Earth Lagrange point 1 (L1) on January 10, 2026, approximately 1 million miles from Earth toward the Sun, according to NASA.

With over $20 billion invested in commercial constellations and the Space Development Agency committing $9.9 billion ...