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Hey Space Fans! Whew, what an amazing day so far on Mars. NASA is about to hold a post landing press conference at 5:30 p.m. ET (which is now, but they're running late). You can watch that on Space.com or here: View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21X5lGlDOfg

Thank you so much, Dr. Sharma!

Hey Space Fans, Here's something to think about for today's Perseverance Mars rover landing. Mars is currently about 127 million miles away. How far is that? It's so far that it takes a signal from Perseverance 11 minutes to reach the Earth, then another 11 minutes for any signal from NASA's...

Hey Space Fans! As Space.com's Editor-in-Chief, I just wanted to reach welcome you all as we look forward to NASA's Perseverance Mars rover landing later today. We'll be posting updates as they come in here. Our Senior Writer Chelsea Gohd is at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory for the...

Hi dsimpson682, Thanks for this question. NASA has actually tapped SpaceX to help its Artemis program on two fronts. 1) SpaceX has been selected to fly cargo missions to NASA's planned lunar Gateway space station, which will orbit the moon and serve as a basecamp for future trips to the...

Hey, Space Fans! I'm Tariq Malik, Editor-in-Chief, and I've been part of Space.com since 2001. I originally started as an intern in Sept. 2001, then joined as a Staff Writer in 2004 and became Managing Editor in 2009. Last May (in 2019), I took on the Editor-in-Chief role. It's been an amazing...

Spoiler alert: NASA's Discovery program shortlist includes 2 ideas to explore Venus, and probes to explore the volcanoes of Io and Neptune's icy Triton. I'd love to see an actual Venus LANDER on the list, but I have to saw a close look at Io would be amazing to see extraterrestrial volcanoes...

These all sound like awesome games, @SaraRayne! I'll definitely have to look out for them. I've been playing The Cycle from Yager because it feels like a mashup of Fortnite and in-situ resource utilization that I find super fun and, as a space geek, super compelling. I'm actually astounded...

Thank you all for the amazing questions and for your interest in space and Space.com! You can always find me on Twitter @tariqjmalik and, of course, on Space.com. Keep looking up!

Hi AlexK, The United Nations has a Treaty on the Peaceful Use of Outer Space from 1967 that does limit ownership of any planets, moons or parts thereof. What I find interesting is that, until companies or countries start living on the moon or Mars, it's pretty difficult to put that treaty to...

Hi SpaceTrice, I would LOVE to fly in space. It's been a lifelong dream of mine just to SEE our planet from space, and experience what it may be like. That said, I wouldn't trade safety or mission assurance away for a trip to space. So, I would be willing to ride a spacecraft or visit...

Hi Echoii, I think we are really at a turning point in space exploration and education. Today, students can turn on YouTube or Twitter and see live video and photos from astronauts in space, and private companies are already building and launching rovers and landers to the moon. (They...

Hi puppyart88, NASA has been directed by the Trump administration to return astronauts to the moon by 2024. To do this, NASA is receiving funding to build a massive rocket, called the Space Launch System, and a new crew vehicle (a capsule called Orion). The first Space Launch System test...

Hi Nednerb, For SpaceX and Boeing, NASA has contracts in place that state exactly what conditions both parties agree need to be met before astronauts start flying. If NASA has concerns about the vehicles its astronauts will fly on, they work the providers to make sure they're addressed. But...

SpaceX has acknowledged the concerns of astronomers and is now testing ways to make the satellites dimmer. The American Astronomical Society meeting in Hawaii this month had an entire panel dedicated to light pollution and astronomy concerns for satellite constellations. You can watch that here...