Leading-Edge Mars Mission Portends New Golden Age Of Exploring Planets

The picture-perfect launch of twin Escapade orbiters bound for Mars presages a fantastical new age in exploring the planets, ...

Analysis-Musk's Mars mission adds risk to red-hot SpaceX IPO

By Joey Roulette, Ross Kerber and Echo Wang WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Investors eyeing SpaceX's potential blockbuster ...
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MaQuIS: Pioneering quantum space exploration to unlock Mars’ interior and atmosphere

Mars, long considered largely static, has revealed a dynamic interior in recent years. NASA’s InSight mission detected ongoing tectonic activity, localised mantle plumes, and magmatic processes, ...

NASA's Escapade Mars Mission Will Be Completely Different - Here's How

At this point, sending probes to Mars has almost become routine, but the ESCAPADE mission is showing that there's always a ...
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10 reasons humans still aren’t on Mars

Elon Musk has repeatedly said he plans to put humans on Mars, yet the gap between that vision and reality remains wide. The ...
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Search for Life Should Be Top Science Priority for First Human Landing on Mars, Says New Report

When astronauts set foot on Mars, it will be one of humanity’s greatest milestones, marking the start of a new era of ...
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NASA wants to send humans to Mars in the 2030s − a crewed mission could unlock some of the red planet’s geologic mysteries

Mars' craters come from ancient collisions during the formation of the solar system. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell University/Arizona State University via AP NASA plans to send humans on a scientific ...
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Federal budget cuts to space research are putting key missions at risk, including a key mission needed to bring samples from Mars back to Earth

Shutterstock When it comes to space exploration, there are a lot of factors that go into what can be accomplished. As with ...