From NASA's rover routes to jetliners' aircraft sensors, AI is changing how the aerospace industry tests risk

The aerospace industry is high-stakes. To help chart a course for Perseverance, NASA has enlisted AI and a digital twin.

NASA Is Planning A Nuclear-Powered Trip To Mars

Why nuclear makes sense for the Red Planet. Google’s new memory math for AI. Why video games help you sleep. All that and more in this week’s edition of The Prototype.

He suddenly couldn't speak in space. NASA astronaut says his medical scare remains a mystery

The astronaut who prompted NASA’s first medical evacuation earlier this year said Friday that doctors still don’t know why he suddenly fell sick at the International Space Station. Four-time space flier Mike Fincke said he was eating dinner on Jan.
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NASA releases stunning new Saturn images—and the gas giant has never looked so good

New images captured by the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes show Saturn in both visible and infrared light
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Incredible new NASA images reveal Saturn in a new light —all thanks to a telescope team-up

Observations from the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes reveal Saturn's atmosphere and rings in the most detailed view created to date.

NASA’s history-making moon mission aims to send the first woman and person of color to deep space

The crew of the Artemis II mission will include the first woman and person of color to travel to deep space, ushering in a new era of representation in exploration beyond Earth.

NASA’s Psyche Mission Faces New Mystery As It Nears Mars Flyby

NASA’s Psyche mission, launched in 2023, will study a $10,000 quadrillion asteroid, with new research showing that its craters could reveal its true origin.
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NASA's 'decade of Venus' exploration may bank on 1 probe: 'Not everything can move forward'

NASA may not be able to move forward three planned Venus missions as budget pressures force difficult trade-offs across its planetary science portfolio.