COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — NASA astronaut Victor Glover, recently named as the pilot of the Artemis II mission around the Moon, listens to Gil Scott-Heron's poem "Whitey on the Moon" twice a week on the way to work.
The big picture: The rhetoric around NASA, the space industry and space at large is often centered on the idea that space is above Earthly concerns.
NASA's tiny helicopter on Mars — named Ingenuity — just completed its 50th flight on the Red Planet.
Why it matters: The tiny drone, which was designed as a technology demonstration to inform future missions, was never expected to survive this long on Mars.
If SpaceX's Starship program succeeds, it could revolutionize the space industry by dramatically lowering the cost of launching people and payloads to orbit and beyond.
Why it matters: SpaceX and other companies want to make space travel more akin to air travel, with launches every day.
SpaceX was expected to launch an around-the-world test of its Starship space system for the first time on Monday, but a technical issue has delayed the attempt.
Why it matters: Starship is designed to one day bring people and payloads to orbit and deep space. This test will be a major step along that journey.
