NASA Spacecraft Nears 60,000 Laps Around Mars

NASA Spacecraft Nears 60,000 Laps Around Mars

Artist rendering of NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft passing over the south pole of Mars.  Image: NASA/JPL. After nearly 14 years of continuous orbit around the Red Planet, NASA’s Odyssey spacecraft is slated to make 60,000 passes around Mars on June 23. The...
Astrobotic Emerges as Front Runner in GLXP Competition

Astrobotic Emerges as Front Runner in GLXP Competition

Above: GLXP Team Astrobotic’s lunar rover dubbed “Andy” shown in a mock lunar landscape.  Credit: Astrobotic. Google Lunar XPRIZE (GLXP) – the $30 million international competition challenging private space teams to launch, fly, and land a...