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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 2 crew could be the first to ever lay eyes on these lunar areas
LRO observing Mare Orientale on the far side of the moon

NASA’s Artemis 2 astronauts could head to the moon in a matter of weeks
Commander Reid Wiseman strapping in for an Artemis 2 crew demonstration test

Artemis 2: Next steps for NASA's moon rocket after historic roll to pad
Artemis 2 SLS rocket rollout to Launch Pad 39B on Jan. 17, 2026

Is SLS still the most powerful rocket? 5 facts as Artemis 2 rolls out
Space Launch System towering over launchpad 39B at Kennedy Space Center

NASA says Artemis II can fly without its big, broken deep space antenna
NASA preparing for Artemis II mission

Webb telescope zooms in on a black hole's messy feeding zone
An artist's rendering of the Circinus galaxy's supermassive black hole


Who is the sick astronaut on the ISS? What we know.
NASA's Crew-11 bracing for launch to the ISS

New discovery just broke the record for fastest-spinning large asteroid
Rubin Observatory's digital camera surveying the sky

Watch a real supernova blast evolve over 25 years in new telescope video
Chandra X-ray Observatory watching a supernova unfold

Betelgeuse's elusive co-star left a trail of clues for astronomers
An artist's rendering of Siwarha's wake in Betelgeuse's atmosphere

Astronomers have just found one of the universe's earliest mistakes
Hubble Space Telescope flying through space

A planet as hefty as Saturn wanders the galaxy in exile
A starless exoplanet drifting through the cosmos

NASA's Hubble sees a stunning planet-forming disk. It's a real doozy.
Hubble viewing Dracula's Chivita

Here's what we know about the real alien planet inspiring 'Pluribus'
An artist's rendering of the super-Earth exoplanet Kepler-22b

NASA's Hubble saw fledgling planets colliding around a nearby star
Hubble observing dust clouds and ring around star Fomalhaut


See the flash of a meteorite striking the moon in new video
A shadowy view of the moon


See the 3I/ATLAS comet strangely shift from red to green in new images
Observing the greenish hue of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS




Webb telescope found a Milky Way lookalike 12 billion light-years away
James Webb Space Telescope observing Alaknanda in the early universe

NASA Mars rover captures crackling lightning. Hear the 'thunder' yourself.
Perseverance watching a dust devil rampage on Mars
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