Mars
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NASA wants a cheaper Mars Sample Return—Boeing proposes most expensive rocket
Enlarge / The Space Launch System rocket lifts off on the Artemis I mission. NASA is looking for ways to…
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NASA orders studies from private space companies on Mars mission support roles
Mars exploration has been always been the exclusive purview of national space agencies, but NASA is trying to change that,…
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Satellite Photo Shows an Army of ‘Black Spiders’ on Mars
A photo taken by the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter has set the internet alight after it apparently shows…
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NASA Video Charts Ingenuity’s 10-Mile Flight Path Around Mars
NASA has released a fascinating flight map that charts all the Mars avigations taken by the space agency’s recently defunct…
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Rocket Report: Starship could save Mars Sample Return; BE-4s for second Vulcan
Enlarge / A BE-4 engine is moved into position on ULA’s second Vulcan rocket. Welcome to Edition 6.40 of the…
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Space startups are licking their lips after NASA converts $11B Mars mission into a free-for-all
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has pronounced the agency’s $11 billion, 15-year mission to collect and return samples from Mars… insufficient.…
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Mars may not have had liquid water long enough for life to form
Mars has a history of liquid water on its surface, including lakes like the one that used to occupy Jezero…
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Daily Telescope: A solar eclipse from the surface of Mars
Enlarge / A solar eclipse, on Mars. NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness…
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For the first time NASA has asked industry about private missions to Mars
Enlarge / NASA is interested in whether private companies have the right stuff for Mars. NASA NASA is starting to…
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It turns out NASA’s Mars helicopter was much more revolutionary than we knew
Enlarge / An image from Ingenuity, looking down at the surface of Mars. That’s its shadow. NASA/JPL Much has been…
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