Mars
Dead robot spotted by NASA spacecraft on Mars surface
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In a remarkable display of cosmic archaeology, NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured images of the InSight lander, a silent sentinel on ...
NASA-funded pulsed plasma rocket concept aims to send astronauts to Mars in 2 months
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An innovative rocket system could revolutionize future deep space missions to Mars, reducing travel time to the Red Planet to just a ...
NASA, ESA join forces on life-hunting ExoMars rover
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Europe’s long-delayed ExoMars rover mission to the Red Planet just got a boost for its projected launch in 2028. NASA and the ...
Mayan Intercropping Could Be Key to Food on Mars
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The international space community has its sights set on humans landing on Mars by the mid-2030s, but a big question remains ...
Ingenuity, NASA’s “little ‘copter that could” (and did!)
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In 2020, NASA’s Perseverance rover launched for Mars with a stowaway: a tiny drone, created by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, ...
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Uncovers Signs of an Earth-Like Environment on Ancient Mars
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NASA’s Curiosity rover continues to search for signs that Mars’ Gale Crater conditions could support microbial life. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Manganese-rich sandstones discovered ...
The 2024 Humans to Mars Summit is happening next week
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The annual Humans to Mars Summit takes place this week, bringing together members of the international space community to discuss a common ...
Scientists Gear Up for Solar Storms at Mars
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This coronal mass ejection, captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, erupted on the Sun on August 31, 2012, traveling over 900 miles ...
Space laser transmission strikes Earth from 140 million miles away: NASA
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Weird But True By Ben Cost Published April 29, 2024, 11:11 a.m. ET This redefined a long-distance call. Earth just received a ...
Mars Express Discovers Mysterious Martian “Spiders”
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The dark spots in this image from ESA’s Mars Express are the telltale sign of ‘spiders’ scattered across the southern polar region ...
