OSIRIS REx

Space Systems

A new frontier: The year in space, 2020

It's been remarkable year for space exploration, marked by a line up of ambitious new interplanetary missions, industry firsts, and the reemergence of the US in the field of human spaceflight.

New Atlas rounds up the most important spacefaring milestones of 2020

Space Systems

Moon, Mars and beyond: Space exploration highlights coming up in 2020

Science stands still for no one, and with a new year comes a new calendar of exciting events in spaceflight and exploration. New Atlas rounds up some of the most important milestones to look forward to in 2020.

NASA takes it's clean room precautions seriously, but it's hard to take a journalist dressed like this the same way

Space Systems

The dirt on NASA’s clean room

New Atlas' Michael Franco finds out what it takes to enter a clean room at NASA. It involves a german shepherd, booties, a room filled with airplane spray nozzles and a line he definitely shouldn't have crossed. Oh and no nylon. Definitely no nylon.

The sample return capsule will bring between 60-2000 g (2-70 oz) of Bennu's regolith back to Earth

Space Systems

Interview: See NASA's asteroid-chasing satellite through the eyes of its principal investigator

Soon, NASA will launch another of its "hit-an-impossibly-small-object-with-an-even-smaller-object" missions when the OSIRIS-REx satellite takes flight. New Atlas got a sneak peek at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida this weekend and got insight into the mission from its principal investigator.