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NASA wants new ideas for its troubled Mars Sample Return mission
Space via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoNASA's Mars Sample Return mission has faced quite a few hurdles, and the agency has selected ten...
The 'hole' on Mars making headlines could be crucial to Red Planet exploration
Space via Yahoo News· 1 day agoIf that is the case on Mars, then, if the Red Planet ever once had life, those organisms may have...
NASA is commissioning 10 studies on Mars Sample Return—most are commercial
Ars Technica· 7 hours agoNASA announced Friday that it will award contracts to seven companies, including SpaceX and Blue...
Lake on Mars dismissed as technology glitch
Daily Telegraph· 13 hours agoUntil the satellite data, the polar ice caps on Mars were thought to be frozen solid all the way to their beds due to the cold Martian climate. The Mars...
Meteorites From Mars Found on Earth Provide Unprecedented Insight into Red Planet
GoodNewsNetwork· 6 days agoWhen a meteorite smashed into Mars eleven million years ago, pieces of the Red Planet hurtled into space—and some of them landed on Earth in the form of meteorites, depositing ...
Fly over the scarred canyons of Mars in this breathtaking video from European spacecraft
SPACE.com· 2 days agoThe strikingly diverse surface of Mars is captured in new orbiter flyover footage, providing insight...
Perseverance Picks Up New "Companion" On Mars. This One Is Named "Dwayne"
IFLScience· 4 days agoNASA's rovers on Mars do not have feelings– which is probably a good thing, given that they are...
NASA Exploring Alternative Mars Sample Return Methods
Benzinga· 11 hours agoWASHINGTON, June 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA is moving forward with ten studies to examine more affordable and faster methods of bringing samples from Mars' surface back to Earth as part of the agency's Mars
‘He was an adventurer’: Anthony ‘Tony’ Spear, chance-taking former JPL manager, dies at 87
Pasadena Star-News· 1 day agoAnthony “Tony” Spear, a legendary project manager at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory whose team on NASA’s Mars Pathfinder mission in 1997 found a new way to land safely on the Red ...
Scientists Intrigued By Almost Perfectly Circular Pit on the Surface of Mars
Futurism via Yahoo News· 6 days agoNASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has discovered another intriguing formation on the planet's...