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Massive sunspot that brought widespread auroras to Earth now targets Mars
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Yes, the beastly sunspot AR3664 is in the news again. Although the sunspot has rotated out of our view, it’s still quite ...
India’s ambitious 2nd Mars mission to include a rover, helicopter, sky crane and a supersonic parachute
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India is preparing to launch a family of seemingly sci-fi robots to Mars, perhaps as soon as late 2024. The Mars Orbiter ...
The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup
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A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from ...
Ingenuity team says goodbye to pioneering Mars helicopter
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Saying goodbye is never easy, especially from a world away. The Ingenuity Mars helicopter team convened one last time on Tuesday (April ...
‘The bottom line is $11 billion is too expensive’
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NASA is looking for a new way to get its precious Mars samples back to Earth. Those samples are being collected by ...
Thousands of strange white rocks found on Mars. Will they ever be brought to Earth?
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Mars’ rusty red surface may have given it its famous “Red Planet” status, but it would also appear that thousands of white ...
Precious samples from Mars have been collected. Now it’s up to Congress to get them back
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Editor’s Note: Jonathan Lunine is the David C. Duncan professor in the physical sciences at Cornell University. He served on the NASA Mars ...
a rocky road for its rovers, a long slog for scientists – and back on Earth, a battle of the budget
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Is or was there life on Mars? That profound question is so complex that it will not be fully answered by the ...
Perseverance rover spots Ingenuity helicopter’s snapped-off rotor blade on Mars (photos)
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The blade was broken — and, still unforged, it’s been found on Mars. Space fans scouring the raw images from NASA’s Perseverance rover recently ...
Will NASA be able to return Mars samples to Earth? New audit raises doubts
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NASA’s bold plan to get pristine samples of Mars to Earth for analysis is facing major challenges, according to a new report. ...
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