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Alpha School Collaboration & Community Crowdfunding Enhance MDRS in Utah

The Mars Society would like to extend its sincere thanks to Alpha School, an AI-powered private K–12 school network operating in Texas, Florida, Arizona, California and several other states, for its recent collaboration at our Mars Desert Research Station in southern Utah. As part of a filming project by Limitless Productions at MDRS featuring three Alpha School students, the production company made significant updates to the interior of the habitat to create a more immersive, Mars-like environment.  These enhancements included… READ MORE >

Aerospace Engineer Braves the Arctic to Support the Next Chapter of Space Exploration

By The Aerospace Corporation, January 29, 2026 Space is an unforgiving, hostile environment — defined by vacuum, radiation and extreme temperatures — making human spaceflight an inherently challenging and high-risk endeavor where even small failures can have catastrophic consequences. To confront those realities before launch, researchers conduct astronaut analogs: simulated missions run in extreme Earth environments that mirror the operational and environmental challenges of other worlds. One such mission recently sent Aerospace engineering specialist Trevor Jahn to the [Flashline] Mars… READ MORE >

From Capitol Hill to the Cosmos: Protecting the Future of Space Science [RPL Podcast]

The next episode of our 60-minute Red Planet Live podcast has been recorded and posted for broadcast TODAY (Tuesday, January 20th at 5:00 pm PST). In this wide-ranging conversation, host Ashton Zeth sits down with Casey Dreier, Chief of Space Policy at The Planetary Society, to explore why the search for life should be the guiding principle of U.S. space policy. The discussion dives into how space advocacy actually works in Washington, the political realities shaping NASA leadership and confirmation dynamics, and… READ MORE >