Image Is A 360-Degree Panorama Stitched Together From 86 Images Relayed To Earth

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover recently set a record for the steepest terrain it's ever climbed, cresting the "Greenheugh Pediment," a broad sheet of rock that sits atop a hill. And before doing that, the rover took a selfie, capturing the scene just below Greenheugh.

Anomaly Occurred During The Company's March 18 Launch

NASA has asked SpaceX for information concerning the failure of an engine on a Falcon 9 rocket March 18th that may delay the company's first manned mission, which is planned for sometime in May.

SORCE Studied The Sun For Nearly Two Decades

After nearly two decades, the Sun has set for NASA’s Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE), a mission that continued and advanced the agency’s 40-year record of measuring solar irradiance and studying its influence on Earth’s climate.

Reducing On-Site Personnel At Its Mission Control Center In Darmstadt, Germany

In response to the escalating coronavirus pandemic, ESA has decided to further reduce on-site personnel at its mission control center in Darmstadt, Germany.

ESA-Backed Research Studies Feasibility As A Deployment Point For Planetary Defense Missions

Humankind’s next space outpost, the lunar Gateway, will serve as a staging point to reach the surface of the Moon. A new ESA-backed study is considering whether it could also be used as a deployment point for planetary defence missions, to intercept asteroids approaching dangerously close to Earth.