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The latest stories from The Planetary Society, featuring humanity's quest to explore worlds, find life, and defend Earth.
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Chang’e-7: China’s water-hunting lunar south pole mission
Chang’e‑7 is China’s mission to seek out water ice on the Moon.
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The impact of impacts
Collisions are often the reason things are the way they are in the Solar System today.
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What is a "planetary alignment"?
What to expect when multiple planets appear in the sky together.
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That’s a first!
From the first lunar landing to a leader’s first week in a new job, there are lots of firsts to celebrate this week.
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Historical NASA Budget Dataset
A comprehensive, open dataset of NASA budget requests, congressional appropriations, and workforce data from 1958 to the present.
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An interplanetary team effort
Although spacecraft may be isolated in space, they’re far from alone.
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Setting our sights
The future of space exploration is right around the corner.
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The Artemis II mission: What to expect
NASA is preparing to send humans back to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years. The Artemis II mission will send a crew of four astronauts on a 10-day mission around the Moon and back to Earth. Here’s what to expect from the upcoming mission.
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NASA is funded. Now what?
With the upheaval of 2025 behind us, here's what we're looking for in space policy this year.
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Better together
Martian travel buddies, synchronized Sun science, and a proven leadership team.
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The next chapter begins
Longtime Planetary Society CEO Bill Nye is handing over leadership of the organization to take on a new role as Chief Ambassador.
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Comebacks, curveballs, and countdowns
Artemis II rolls out to the launchpad, two troubled space missions return safely to Earth, and a Mars mission is declared likely lost.
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NASA has lost a spacecraft around Mars. Is MAVEN gone for good?
A pioneering spacecraft has gone missing around Mars, and NASA says the mission is probably unrecoverable.
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You just saved NASA's budget
Here's what Congress rejected of the draconian cuts faced by NASA in FY 2026.
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On cloud nine
This week: a new celestial object and some hopeful news for NASA.
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A new year around the Sun
Looking forward to the space missions, celestial events, and discoveries of 2026.
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Calendar of space events 2026
Space missions, rocket launches, and celestial events are coming our way in 2026.
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Ending 2025 with a bang
We’re finishing the year strong, thanks to amazing space images, fantastic discoveries, and phenomenal support from people like you.
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Job opening: Director of Strategic Giving
The Planetary Society seeks a strategic and relationship-driven fundraising professional to serve as its Director of Strategic Giving.
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