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Animation of NASA's ESCAPADE launched to Mars atop Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket

A pair of NASA spacecraft know as the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) to be launched to Mars ...

Rocket Lab is seeing red about NASA’s decision on a Mars spacecraft

The agency finally reached a decision earlier this month, selecting Blue Origin to develop, launch, and operate a $700 ...

NASA spacecraft spots dead robot on Mars surface

The InSight lander's mission ended in December 2022, after four productive years of investigating geologic activity on Mars. The NASA robot measured over 1,300 marsquakes, including a "monster" ...
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NASA’s Psyche probe snaps new Mars photos on its way to asteroid

(NewsNation) — NASA's Psyche spacecraft has snapped a new set of Mars photos. The probe used the planet's gravity to pick up speed and tilt its trajectory on its journey to a metal-rich asteroid, but ...
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After Decades, NASA May Finally Replace Mars Relays

We’ve yet to find any definitive evidence that there’s biological life on present-day Mars, but to say it’s a dead planet isn’t exactly accurate. Since the first Viking ...
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NASA targets 2028 Mars flight for first interplanetary reactor propulsion test

NASA wants to activate a working uranium-fission reactor aboard an uncrewed spacecraft heading toward Mars in late 2028. But Space Reactor-1 Freedom, or SR-1, does not yet have a booked launch, a ...
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NASA makes last-ditch effort to save Mars probe

Mars Global Surveyor is the oldest of five NASA robotic probes checking the planet for signs that Mars once had water, which many scientists believe to be the key to learning if life ever took root ...

NASA Bets $700 Million On Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin For Mars Missions

NASA selects Blue Origin for a $700M Mars Telecommunications Network contract, aiming to boost communications and navigation for Mars missions by 2030.
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NASA just switched on a new way to talk across deep space

NASA just switched on a new 114-foot antenna in California to keep communicating with over 40 spacecraft across the solar ...

A real-time look inside spacecraft heat shields during extreme heat conditions

When a spacecraft reenters Earth's atmosphere at hypersonic velocities, its protective heat shield faces extreme conditions, ...
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NASA’s Psyche probe snaps new Mars photos on its way to asteroid

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The probe used the planet's gravity to pick up speed and tilt its trajectory on its journey to a metal-rich asteroid, but NASA ...