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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.
![Juno spacecraft observing Io](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05xqDPwoQNRabt7z31HNI1I/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1720195342.jpg)
![Juno spacecraft observing Io](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05xqDPwoQNRabt7z31HNI1I/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1720195342.jpg)
![Depicting Webb telescope in space](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/07wp9ZFqmBn1r5YWIVa1cKk/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1719854469.jpg)
![Depicting Webb telescope in space](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/07wp9ZFqmBn1r5YWIVa1cKk/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1719854469.jpg)
![asteroid Bennu](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/04AYGalonl6DApO8l9bjGiE/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1719503332.jpg)
![asteroid Bennu](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/04AYGalonl6DApO8l9bjGiE/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1719503332.jpg)
![Viewing the Pillars of Creation in 3D](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/0082R0SlJNQIMzZs8gvHCZ2/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1719425519.jpg)
![Viewing the Pillars of Creation in 3D](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/0082R0SlJNQIMzZs8gvHCZ2/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1719425519.jpg)
![China retrieving its Chang'e-6 capsule](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05jqrxLulJJrS9rvFhGINSH/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1719338933.jpg)
![China retrieving its Chang'e-6 capsule](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05jqrxLulJJrS9rvFhGINSH/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1719338933.jpg)
![Artist depicting Titan](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/00WMRptciOvmxbWU13KxcSH/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1719242101.jpg)
![Artist depicting Titan](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/00WMRptciOvmxbWU13KxcSH/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1719242101.jpg)
![A white dwarf going nova](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/0778Uu1SmZygJc58OfyhCJa/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1713284191.jpg)
![A white dwarf going nova](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/0778Uu1SmZygJc58OfyhCJa/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1713284191.jpg)
![A supermassive black hole awakening](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02djQ8IfdxKjPSsj8FSOzrm/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1718640268.jpg)
![A supermassive black hole awakening](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02djQ8IfdxKjPSsj8FSOzrm/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1718640268.jpg)
![A gas giant exoplanet orbiting another star](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06l70WDyrufFL7yrkt5W7rs/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1718124676.jpg)
![A gas giant exoplanet orbiting another star](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06l70WDyrufFL7yrkt5W7rs/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1718124676.jpg)
![Rovering finding Atoko Point on Mars](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06sTxfbk97RDwHz0cy6aA4a/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1718301086.jpg)
![Rovering finding Atoko Point on Mars](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06sTxfbk97RDwHz0cy6aA4a/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1718301086.jpg)
![SpaceX's Starship lifting off on fourth test flight](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02dn8NxCeSAUJd1cNdSdd9l/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1718035894.jpg)
![SpaceX's Starship lifting off on fourth test flight](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02dn8NxCeSAUJd1cNdSdd9l/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1718035894.jpg)
![SpaceX Starship](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/01ytJOVXTbVZo6rFkfH6uoH/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1717680031.png)
![SpaceX Starship](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/01ytJOVXTbVZo6rFkfH6uoH/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1717680031.png)
![Starliner jettisoning solid rocket booster](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06hZVs3qEVjQFPaslEWH3Fu/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1717599672.png)
![Starliner jettisoning solid rocket booster](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06hZVs3qEVjQFPaslEWH3Fu/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1717599672.png)
![Starliner launching on a ULA Atlas V Centaur rocket](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05yvZT2wvW7bsFjWRrTVhCg/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1717249698.webp)
![Starliner launching on a ULA Atlas V Centaur rocket](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05yvZT2wvW7bsFjWRrTVhCg/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1717249698.webp)
![a Martian meteorite](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06e1cI5PVaefY51pnVoKJTJ/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1717096268.jpg)
![a Martian meteorite](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06e1cI5PVaefY51pnVoKJTJ/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1717096268.jpg)
![Starliner approaching the International Space Station](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/01WTtMIWR9vQVIVaZorv8tP/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1714760693.webp)
![Starliner approaching the International Space Station](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/01WTtMIWR9vQVIVaZorv8tP/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1714760693.webp)
![Meteors showering over Nebraska](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/03AFyVtnozSdDMuSeW2WGFp/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1716492671.jpg)
![Meteors showering over Nebraska](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/03AFyVtnozSdDMuSeW2WGFp/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1716492671.jpg)
![the planet Venus](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/066hnKFLrK8QkdCodoLyTPr/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1716400475.jpg)
![the planet Venus](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/066hnKFLrK8QkdCodoLyTPr/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1716400475.jpg)
![BepiColombo flying by Mercury](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/0501fAYC3wCmOngZTIYRoTA/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1715963822.webp)
![BepiColombo flying by Mercury](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/0501fAYC3wCmOngZTIYRoTA/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1715963822.webp)
![Visualizing the Milky Way galaxy](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02SOtbmcD9XxsynUdN4lvd6/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1715801693.jpg)
![Visualizing the Milky Way galaxy](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02SOtbmcD9XxsynUdN4lvd6/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1715801693.jpg)
![Indiana seeing an aurora borealis](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/00AepyT9vqPTRZcO0I68f8D/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1715524000.jpg)
![Indiana seeing an aurora borealis](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/00AepyT9vqPTRZcO0I68f8D/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1715524000.jpg)
![Webb studying rocky exoplanet](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/028IpyQL8TMuue1hYQEWZhw/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1715190563.jpg)
![Webb studying rocky exoplanet](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/028IpyQL8TMuue1hYQEWZhw/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1715190563.jpg)
![Japan studying Venus](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/0012IiMzcepI3WrSd2b0F9B/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1715106009.jpg)
![Japan studying Venus](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/0012IiMzcepI3WrSd2b0F9B/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1715106009.jpg)