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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
Intuitive Machines is hoping for a moon-landing streak this week
IM-2 moon lander Athena orbits the moon

A NASA test just proved GPS signals can be picked up on the moon
Moon experiment picking up navigation signals from Earth



Hubble sees mini galaxies surrounding Andromeda are pretty wild
Andromeda galaxy


Scientists found huge beaches on Mars likely from a long gone ocean
An artist's imagining of a horizon view of an ancient ocean on Mars


Webb telescope finds Milky Way black hole never stops strobing light
Flares emerging from the accretion disk surrounding Sagittarius A*

Old NASA mission reveals an unlikely world harbors an ocean
A full view of Jupiter's moon Callisto in space.




Curiosity recorded alien rainbow-colored clouds sweeping over Mars
Mars rover Curiosity viewing rainbow-colored clouds in the sky




NASA scientists want to solve a mystery: Why did life "turn left?"
An artist's rendering of a chain of amino acids

Private spacecraft gets dramatic view of Earth eclipsing moon
Blue Ghost lunar lander in a cleanroom before launch

NASA's asteroid sample reveals key chemistry that could lead to life
Studying asteroid Bennu samples


NASA wants to know how much life it's venting into space
Astronaut Suni Williams performing a spacewalk outside the International Space Station

A meteorite fell at their doorstep. The doorbell camera caught it all.
A Ring doorbell camera catches a meteorite falling from the sky


SpaceX catches Starship booster but loses ship in seventh flight test
SpaceX's Starship sitting on launchpad
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