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3 spacecraft are set to reach Mars this month, from NASA, China, and the UAE. Here's what they aim to learn.
NASA is bringing a helicopter, and China aims to deploy an orbiter, lander, and rover from just one…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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After the Moon, Mars is getting laser-reflecting mirror to help future landings on the Red Planet
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s brand-new Mars Perseverance Rover is currently …
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NASA set to deploy its mini helicopter Ingenuity on Mars
In a first, the Perseverance rover on Mars is set to deploy a mini-helicopter named Ingenuity that …
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Former Senator Bill Nelson is officially NASA's new administrator. His goals: support climate research and put astronauts on the moon.
Presidential administration transitions can give NASA whiplash, but Bill Nelson wants the US space …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA has given up on its 'Mars mole,' a revolutionary experiment designed to burrow 16 feet and take the planet's temperature
The InSight lander's heat probe got stuck in clumpy Martian soil. NASA scientists spent two years t…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The United Arab Emirates launched a mission to Mars on Sunday. NASA and China are about to follow with their own rovers, an orbiter, and a helicopter.
NASA is planning to send its fifth rover to the red planet. China and the UAE have never been to Ma…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Space 2021: All the Mars landings, eclipses, astronaut flights, rocket launches, and other big missions to look for this year
In 2021, we'll see nine meteor showers. Boeing and SpaceX should launch humans into orbit, and NASA…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Susie N…
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The first-ever space helicopter is approaching Mars in the belly of NASA's rover. It could change how we explore other planets.
The Ingenuity drone was a last-minute addition to NASA's Perseverance rover. Now it's set to fly - …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Watch NASA launch Perseverance, the space agency's alien-hunting car-size Mars rover, to the red planet
On Thursday at 7:50 a.m. ET, NASA launched its fifth Mars rover, Perseverance, aboard an Atlas V ro…
Susie Neilson
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Mars has an eerie green glow of oxygen and it could be the key to unlocking seasons on the Red Planet
Mars is the only planet in the universe, other than Earth, where astronomers have been able to spot…
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NASA postpones Mars rover Perseverance launch to July 20
Washington, June 12 (IANS) NASA has postponed the launch of its Perseverance Mars rover to July 20 …
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Meet Swati Mohan, the Indian-American scientist who helped NASA land rover on Mars
She says the Guidance, Navigation, and Controls Operations (GN&C) are "eyes and ears" of …
PTI
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The Sun comes in between the Earth and Mars-- and that means vacation for some NASA engineers
Today (August 28), Mars and Earth will be on the opposite sides of the sun, which means the Red P…
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If you think working from home is tough — NASA’s scientists are trying to operate the $2.5 billion Curiosity rover without an office
The team is facing many of the same challenges as others who’re working from home — like getting…
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Amid a year filled with turmoil and tragedy, here are the 6 most uplifting historic moments from the year
The year was marked by the "most-democratic" election in US history, a vaccine made in record time,…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Elon Musk's Starlink satellites are ruining images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, threatening future science
Hubble has sunk to an orbit among the satellites, including SpaceX's growing Starlink constellation…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA's next Mars rover attached to rocket before July 30 launch
Washington, July 10 (IANS) NASA engineers have attached its Mars rover to the top of the rocket tha…
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Photos and videos show why only 360 people have become NASA astronauts
For two years, NASA trains its astronauts, including have them work underwater and learn desert sur…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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NASA warns of a massive asteroid bigger than the famous London Eye approaching Earth on July 24
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has issued a warning that an asteroid, 50%…
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NASA will dig for signs of alien life in Mars' Jezero Crater - the landing site for its 2020 rover
"The landing site in Jezero Crater offers geologically rich terrain, with landforms reaching as far…