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Lower-cost space missions like NASA’s ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and trade‑offs

After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission has finally begun its roundabout journey to Mars. Launched on Nov. 13, 2025, ...
The Scientist

Sparking Curiosity Through Science Communication

When Emma Dauster started graduate school studying the brain, she thought she would work in the lab forever. However, she also believed in taking advantage of opportunities; she applied for a ...
Penn Live

Lower-cost space missions are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price | The Conversation

After a years-long series of setbacks, NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission has finally begun its roundabout journey to Mars. Launched on Nov. 13, 2025, ...
SpaceNews

First Science Image From TESS

NASA’s newest planet hunter, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), is now providing valuable data to help scientists discover and study exciting new exoplanets, or planets beyond our solar ...
FOX 5 Atlanta

Portia: The Science of Beauty

Portia: The Science of Beauty Four ladies making a difference with the world of math and science share they got involved with STEM. Later, the ladies whip out lab coats and walk Portia through two ...