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The Rover NASA Reinvented After Mars Chewed Up the Last Generation

NASA’s latest Mars rover represents a complete rethinking of how robotic explorers survive on the Red Planet. Engineers ...

NASA discovers rock on Mars that shouldn’t be there — and scientists think it’s a visitor from outer space

NASA scientists were baffled after uncovering a rock on Mars that didn’t belong there — with a composition pointing to ...
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The New Mars Finding That Forces NASA to Rethink Everything Again

NASA has announced a major discovery on Mars that could reshape our understanding of the planet’s past. Early data suggests ...

NASA is sending probes to Mars to find out why it lost its atmosphere – and what that could mean for Earth

Mars is a cold, dry, desert-like planet. But billions of years ago, scientific evidence suggests that it had a thick ...

Not of this world: Mystery as NASA discovers ‘sculpted’ alien rock on surface of Mars

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has made another strange discovery. While investigating the Vernodden area of Jezero Crater – ...

NASA’s latest ESCAPADE is sending twin low-cost orbiters to examine Mars’ atmosphere

Envision a time when hundreds of spacecraft are exploring the solar system and beyond. That’s the future that NASA’s ESCAPADE ...

Almost Everything About NASA’s Latest Mission to Mars Is Unusual

The ESCAPADE mission, which launched to space on a Blue Origin rocket on Thursday, breaks the mold of how planetary science ...

Blue Origin successfully launches NASA spacecraft on journey to Mars after delays

NASA's twin ESCAPADE spacecraft launched aboard Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket Thursday afternoon from Cape Canaveral, ...

Blue Origin Sends NASA Satellites to Mars, Sticks the Landing With New Glenn

New Glenn is set to lift off from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The launch window opens ...
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OTD In Space - November 18: NASA Launches MAVEN To Mars

On November 18, 2013, NASA launched the MAVEN spacecraft to Mars. The name MAVEN stands for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile ...

Blue Origin launches twin NASA Mars probes in second flight of New Glenn rocket

Blue Origin, owned by Jeff Bezos, plans to challenge SpaceX with the powerful, partially reusable New Glenn rocket.

NASA rover spots something on Mars that doesn't belong there

Scientists suspect iron meteorites might be able to resist erosion on Mars, which may explain why some appear perched on flat ground rather than embedded in craters. In other cases, a crater may have ...