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Elisha Sauers

Elisha Sauers writes about space for Mashable, taking deep dives into NASA's moon and Mars missions, chatting up astronauts and history-making discoverers, and jetting above the clouds. Through 17 years of reporting, she's covered a variety of topics, including health, business, and government, with a penchant for public records requests. She previously worked for The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, Virginia, and The Capital in Annapolis, Maryland. Her work has earned numerous state awards, including the Virginia Press Association's top honor, Best in Show, and national recognition for narrative storytelling. For each year she has covered space, Sauers has won National Headliner Awards, including first place for her Sex in Space series. Send space tips and story ideas to [email protected] or text 443-684-2489. Follow her on X at @elishasauers.


Latest From Elisha Sauers
Artemis II just reached a point of no return. Next stop: The moon.
NASA's Orion spacecraft orbiting Earth

You can track Artemis II in real time as Orion flies to the moon
Victor Glover and Reid Wiseman piloting the Orion spacecraft

The Artemis II astronauts have a make-or-break moment in the dead of night
Orion flying in space away from Earth

Artemis II launches its historic moon mission: See the launch and mission details
Artemis II lifts off


What 'home' will look like for the Artemis 2 crew headed to the moon
Artemis 2 crew posing with an Orion spacecraft







Scientists think this star is a time capsule of the dawn of the universe
Observing the Pictor II ancient dwarf galaxy

Space-traveling microbes? An unusual experiment shocked skeptics.
An artist's rendering of microbes flying over Mars

NASA is so dead set on an April moon launch, it won't talk backup dates
NASA working on the mega moon rocket in the Vehicle Assembly Building

The interstellar comet gets stranger as scientists learn what's in it
An artist's depiction of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS

NASA demonstrates humanity may be able to stop an Earth-bound asteroid
DART approaching the Didymos-Dimorphos asteroid system in 2022


A radio telescope just took this giant picture of the Milky Way's core
ALMA capturing the Milky Way's central molecular zone

Lunar eclipse 2026: When to see the 'blood moon'
Viewing the total lunar eclipse from Palm Springs, California, in March 2025

NASA no longer plans to land on the moon in the next Artemis mission
NASA astronaut John Young moonwalking in 1972


NASA astronaut who had medical problem in space breaks silence
Crew-11 splashing down off the coast of San Diego, California

NASA's aging crawler is about to haul 18 million pounds on its back, again
The crawler-transporter hauling the Space Launch System rocket for Artemis 2

NASA is all but certain it won't fly to the moon in March for good reason
Rolling the Space Launch System rocket to the launch pad
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