NASA's Mars Mission at a crossroads: Will Donald Trump’s administration fund the historic rock return from the Red Planet?
NASA's Mars Sample Return mission, aimed at analyzing Martian rock samples collected by the Perseverance rover, faces a ...
NASA's Mars Rover Mission to Bring Samples Home Is at Risk
An exploding budget and an unraveling schedule spell disappointment for NASA's mission to learn more about Mars's history.
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Rocket Lab Takes Jab at NASA With Release of Mars Sample Return Plan
After the space agency punts a decision on the mission’s profile to 2026, Rocket Lab unveils its own Mars Sample Return plan.
NASA defers decision on Mars Sample Return to the Trump administration
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson left a final decision on a new mission architecture to the next NASA administrator working ...
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NASA won't decide on overhaul for Mars Sample Return mission until mid-2026
NASA recently deemed this situation unacceptable. In April 2024, agency chief Bill Nelson announced that an overhaul of the ...
NASA punts Mars Sample Return decision to the next administration
In April, after an independent review found “near zero probability” of Mars Sample Return making its proposed 2028 launch ...
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NASA's Martian helicopter promises unprecedented views of the red planet
The helicopter served as an aerial scout for the Perseverance rover, helping scientists and engineers gather valuable data about Mars' terrain and atmosphere. Throughout its mission, Ingenuity ...
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An Ice-Capped Crater Was Discovered on Mars. But Social Media Is Misrepresenting the Discovery
The photo is indeed real, according to the European Space Agency (ESA). The ESA's Mars Express mission, which launched in 2003, captured the image using a high-resolution camera. However ...
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Mars Perseverance Sol 1341: Right Mastcam-Z Camera
This photo was selected by public vote and featured as "Image of the Week" for Week 198 (Nov. 24 - 30, 2024) of the Perseverance rover mission on Mars.
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January 2025: What’s in the sky this month? The Moon occults Mars and the Pleiades, plus Mars reaches opposition
Uranus and Neptune are binocular targets, while Mars reaches opposition. Early morning reveals Mercury. Additionally, on the 9th the Moon crosses the Pleiades (M45), and on the 13th it hides Mars ...