No social media but you get to do 'Martian walks'.

The Apollo space missions of the 1960s, which took humans to the moon for the first time, relied on brute-force propulsion more than technological sophistication. The onboard Apollo Guidance Computer ...

Analog missions, like those conducted at NASA’s CHAPEA facility at the Johnson Space Center, help scientists study human spaceflight without leaving Earth. Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images ...

The follow-up to Astroneer isn't what veteran space explorers expected, but it might be exactly what we need.