A rover has been collecting rocks from Mars for years. How will they get back to Earth?
A collection of Martian rocks could reveal details about potential past life on the Red Planet – but first NASA has to get ...
NASA’s Big Mars Update: How to Watch the Upcoming Sample Return Reveal
The space agency will provide a broadcast update on the marquee mission that is intended to recover samples of Martian rock ...
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NASA collected potential evidence of life on Mars. Now it’s pitching new plans to retrieve the cache
In 2021, the same design was used to land Perseverance, and the team was actually able to capture video of the daring descent ...
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micro:bit: Mission to Mars - Live Lesson: Additional video clips
Fran Scott: Okay, so we've heard why space travel is so important, and why scientists are really interested in life on Mars. But how much do you know about the planet itself? Ed Petrie: Time to ...
An Ice-Capped Crater Was Discovered on Mars. But Social Media Is Misrepresenting the Discovery
In late December 2024 and early January 2025, a photo circulated on multiple social media sites claiming to show an ...
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Inside SpaceX’s Mission to Colonize Mars
From its origins as a Mars greenhouse project to the largest rocket ever built, this is the story of Starship’s evolution and purpose. Indiana teen earns 'Young Patriot' award for refusing to ...
Mars samples that could help us find alien life are stuck there until at least 2035, NASA says
Dozens of samples of rock and sediment collected from Mars that could be used to detect ancient microbial life could be ...
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NASA Mars rover panoramic image altered to include purported fly | Fact check
An Oct. 24 Facebook video (direct link, archive link) shows purported images from a NASA Mars rover mission. The video appears to scan the landscape before zooming in on the front of the rover.
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Can NASA's troubled Mars Sample Return mission be saved?
NASA wants to return Mars samples to Earth, but budget problems and technical woes have the mission caught between a rock and the Red Planet. There appears to be an unofficial robotic space race ...