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Artemis 2 is NASA’s moon-first bet, and Mars is on pause

NASA is on the verge of sending astronauts back toward the Moon for the first time in more than half a century, and that ...

Animation of NASA's ESCAPADE launched to Mars atop Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket

A pair of NASA spacecraft know as the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) to be launched to Mars ...
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NASA successfully completes second, more challenging Mars helicopter flight

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity made history again Thursday with another epic Red Planet flight. This time, controllers on Earth completed a more challenging flight by climbing to 16 feet and tilting ...

Here are the launches and landings we’re most excited about in 2026

Last year delivered doses of drama and excitement in the space business, with a record number of launches, breathtaking ...
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NASA's Escapade Mars Mission Will Be Completely Different - Here's How

On November 13, NASA launched a new unmanned mission to Mars under the name ESCAPADE, short for Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers. The launch was met with fairly little fanfare in ...
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NASA Chooses 10 Astronauts To Train For Ambitious Moon & Mars Flight Missions

NASA has officially introduced its 2025 Astronaut Candidate Class, a group of 10 individuals whittled down from a pool of over 8,000 highly qualified applicants. The group, which includes six women ...

An Act of Cosmic Sabotage

If scientists are able to inspect it in person, and they find that Mars was indeed once alive with microbes, we would know ...