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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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A dead Mars may have been inevitable – and the Sun is to blame
New discoveries by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover may not only explain why the Red Planet is a dry, lifeless desert, but that it ...
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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)
NASA's troubled efforts to get prized Martian samples to Earth could get a lifeline, if a new proposal for a more ...
Want to own a huge chunk of Mars? It'll likely cost you up to $4 million
A 54-pound meteorite from Mars is expected to fetch up to $4 million when it goes up for auction later this month at ...
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Mars ‘Water’ Streaks Could Just Be Dust
Dark “slope streaks,” likely resulting from dust avalanches, stretch across an area of Mars called Acheron Fossae in this ...
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Reasonable to expect humans on Mars by 2040: NASA’s Sharmila Bhattacharya
Sharmila Bhattacharya, Lead for Space Science and Tech Utilization at NASA’s Ames Research Center, believes it is reasonable ...
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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 ...
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Scientists Discover 9,000 Miles of Ancient Riverbeds on Mars. The Red Planet May Have Been Wet for Millions of Years
Looks like Mars might have had more water than anyone previously imagined.
Remarkable Nasa photo shows eerie Mars landscape scattered with ‘TREES’ – and it’s not the only mystery in the sand
THE famously desolate Mars landscape could be scattered with trees to the untrained eye, according to a recently shared Nasa ...
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Was ancient Mars habitable? NASA's Perseverance rover is grinding into a 'weird, uncooperative' rock to find out
NASA's Perseverance rover is digging deeper into Mars' geologic past as it begins grinding into rock surfaces to expose ...