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Dust devils on Mars leave 'fingerprints' that can guide future Red Planet missions
"Dust devils themselves are difficult to capture in images because they are so short-lived," Ingrid Daubar, a planetary ...
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Could NASA's Mars Sample Return be saved? Lockheed Martin proposes $3 billion plan to haul home Red Planet rocks (video)
The aerospace giant says it can revive Mars Sample Return with a leaner, lower-cost approach drawing on proven designs.
This company could save NASA’s doomed Martian Sample Return mission
NASA's Mars Sample Return mission has long been a point of contention for the agency, but now someone might have a plan to ...
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NASA teaches Mars orbiter to roll over in quest to find Red Planet water
The spacecraft now almost tips upside down relative to Mars to give its radar the best view. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ...
NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission gears up for space station research
A host of scientific investigations await the crew of NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission during their long-duration expedition ...
NASA’s Mars Sample Return Mission May Survive with Lockheed Martin’s Low-Cost Proposal
NASA’s Mars Sample Return Mission may cost up to $11 billion, risking c Lockheed Martin proposes a reduced-cost plan using InSight lander techn Rocket Lab also offered a budget-friendly MSR proposal i ...
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The first close-up images of Mars still elicit wonder, 60 years after they were captured
Mariner 4, built by JPL in Pasadena, took the images on July 14, 1965. One of the mission's leaders reflects on decades of ...
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The first Mars close-up
Sixty years ago today, NASA’s Mariner 4 spacecraft took the first up-close images of Mars, changing humanity's understanding ...
Congress moves to reject bulk of White House’s proposed NASA cuts
"Though the House and Senate have much still to debate on full-year appropriations, this much is clear: Congress is rejecting ...