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• Capitalism on Mars? Nat Geo's 'Mars' Season 2 Premiere Parallels Frontier Struggles on Earth

  
  Tonight (Nov. 12), National Geographic’s "Mars" series returns for a second season with a captivating premiere. This first episode reflects the real-life issues that may arise when private corporations try to turn a profit on the Red Planet.

• NASA Chief Honors US Military in Veterans Day Video

  
  NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine marked Veterans Day 2018 with a video message to honor the dedication and sacrifice of all military veterans and servicemembers in the U.S. Armed Forces.

• Rocket Lab's 1st Commercial Launch in Pictures: 'It's Business Time'!

  
  In November 2018, the private spaceflight company Rocket Lab successfully launched its first commercial mission using its Electron booster. The rocket "It's Business Time" launched six small satellites into orbit. See photos of the milestone launch here.

• Image of the Day

  
  An American flag floats in the 7-window Cupola that serves as a sort of observation deck on the International Space Station, an appropriate image to mark Veterans Day.

• On This Day in Space! Nov. 12, 2014: Philae Spacecraft Gets Lost on Comet

  
  On Nov. 12, 2014, a European spacecraft named Philae tried to land on Comet 67P. To say it was a bumpy landing would be an understatement. See how it happened in our On This Day in Space video series!

• Astronaut Rusty Schweickart Looks Back on Apollo 9, and to the Next Asteroid Impact

  
  NASA astronaut Rusty Schweickart's career-defining moment came thanks to a camera problem, but he's used his out-of-this-world experience to try to unite the people of Earth.

• A Mars Journey Before Computers? A Q&A with 'The Fated Sky' Author Mary Robinette Kowal

  
  In the opening pages of Mary Robinette Kowal's novel, "The Calculating Stars," an asteroid slams into the ocean near Washington, D.C., wiping out the federal government of 1952.

• From the Moon to Mars: Excerpt from 'The Fated Sky' (Tor 2018)

  
  Read an excerpt from the second book in Mary Robinette Kowal's Lady Astronaut series, "The Fated Sky." The book opens as mathematician-turned-astronaut Elma York is beginning to look for her next adventure.

• Colonizing Mars Means Contaminating Mars — And Never Knowing For Sure If It Had Its Own Native Life

  
  Before that happens, we need to recognize that a very real possibility exists that the first human steps on the Martian surface will lead to a collision between terrestrial life and biota native to Mars.

• Massive Solar Eruptions 'Probably' Detonated Dozens of US Sea Mines in Vietnam War

  
  An extraordinary account of the impact space weather had on military operations in Vietnam in 1972 was found buried in the U.S. Navy archives, according to a newly published article in Space Weather.

• In Photos: The 2018 California Wildfires as Seen from Space

  
  Dangerous, deadly and destructive wildfires have churned through California in the summer of 2018. Here are some dramatic views of these blazes from high above as seen by astronauts and cosmonauts in space.

• Scale of California's Deadly Camp Fire Shown in Satellite Photos

  
  As wildfires continue to burn in California, new satellite photos show the sheer scale of the deadly Camp Fire that has devastated the state's northern town of Paradise.

• See Saturn, Mars and the Moon Shine in This Week's Evening Sky

  
  If the weather is clear in your area on Sunday evening on through late next week, you will have an opportunity to see what probably are for most people the three "most asked for" objects to look at through a telescope.

• NASA Chief Sees Bold Future on Mars and the Moon

  
  The moon may be the next space destination for American astronauts, but the frontier of Mars still beckons, NASA chief Jim Bridenstine says.

• Living on 'Mars 2': The Real Tech Behind Nat Geo's Martian Colony

  
  In National Geographic's "Mars" docudrama series, a group of pioneers build the first colony on Mars, complete with rovers, helicopters and other tech inspired by NASA, SpaceX and other "big thinkers" in the space industry.