Mars has never looked so serene in this gorgeous image from a NASA rover

Nearly 14 years ago, NASA’s Curiosity rover landed on Mars for a mission to explore the red planet and discover if it had an ...
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How NASA is simulating life on Mars

Before humans set foot on Mars, NASA must first understand how people can survive there. In the Mars Dune Alpha mission, astronauts live inside a simulated habitat designed to mimic the challenges of ...
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NASA won’t bring Mars samples back to Earth: this is the science that will be lost

A Congressional bill restores funding for most NASA space science missions, but there is no money for returning samples ...
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NASA’s latest ESCAPADE is sending twin low-cost orbiters to examine Mars’ atmosphere

This article originally appeared on The Conversation. Envision a time when hundreds of spacecraft are exploring the solar system and beyond. That’s the future that NASA’s ESCAPADE, or Escape and ...
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NASA's Mars Sample Return is dead, leaving China to retrieve signs of life from the Red Planet

NASA's plans for Mars sample return are effectively cancelled as part of a bill approved by the U.S. Congress, ending efforts ...