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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Finds Crater Filled With Sand, Alters Drilling Plans
Curiosity rover found its target crater filled with sand, forcing NASA to abandon drilling plans. The rover is now studying nearby bedrock and preparing to sample a new sulfate-rich site to uncover Mars’ geological history.
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NASA Astronauts Reach Safe Orbit In Historic Moon Mission
The crew will spend roughly four days traveling to the lunar vicinity, where they will swing behind the moon's far side.
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Why Is NASA Spending $100 Billion To Return To Moon? Depends On Who You Ask
NASA is heading back with its Artemis programme. As early as April 1, the agency will send a crew of four around the moon as a precursor for a landing this decade.
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NASA Unveils Moon Base Plan And Nuclear-Powered Spacecraft For Mars Mission
NASA is also reevaluating its lunar Gateway space station, planning to repurpose components for the moon base instead.
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NASA Plans Nuclear-Powered Spacecraft for Skyfall Mission to Mars
NASA’s Skyfall mission will test nuclear electric propulsion with the Space Reactor-1 Freedom spacecraft. Launching in 2028, it will deploy helicopter swarms on Mars to scout landing sites and search for water, potentially cutting travel time by 25%.
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Recycled Human Waste Can Turn Mars, Moon Dust Into Fertile Soil, Study Finds
This breakthrough has significant implications for future human missions to Mars and the Moon
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Mysterious 'Shiny' Geometric Object Spotted On Mars, Harvard Astronomer Asks NASA To Investigate
The cone-like object, about 20 centimetres long with a flat base, was first photographed in 2022 by the Curiosity Rover while exploring Gale Crater on Mars.
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NASA’s ESCAPADE Mission to Study Space Weather Between Earth and Mars
NASA’s ESCAPADE mission will send two identical orbiters to Mars to study how solar wind and space weather strip away the planet’s atmosphere. Launching in 2025 and arriving in 2027, the twin spacecraft will measure solar wind conditions and Mars’s atmospheric response simultaneously, helping scientists understand how the Red Planet lost its ...
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NASA, SpaceX Delay ISS Mission Launch Due to Bad Weather
NASA and SpaceX have delayed the Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station because of unfavorable weather expected at Cape Canaveral. The launch is now targeted for February 12, with four astronauts waiting in quarantine as teams prepare the Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft for the next launch window.
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Moon Before Mars? Elon Musk Bets On Lunar City, Explains His New Space Priority
In a tweet on X, Musk explained that while Mars missions are restricted by planetary alignments every 26 months, launches to the Moon can occur every 10 days.
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Finds Crater Filled With Sand, Alters Drilling Plans
Curiosity rover found its target crater filled with sand, forcing NASA to abandon drilling plans. The rover is now studying nearby bedrock and preparing to sample a new sulfate-rich site to uncover Mars’ geological history.
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NASA Astronauts Reach Safe Orbit In Historic Moon Mission
The crew will spend roughly four days traveling to the lunar vicinity, where they will swing behind the moon's far side.
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Why Is NASA Spending $100 Billion To Return To Moon? Depends On Who You Ask
NASA is heading back with its Artemis programme. As early as April 1, the agency will send a crew of four around the moon as a precursor for a landing this decade.
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NASA Unveils Moon Base Plan And Nuclear-Powered Spacecraft For Mars Mission
NASA is also reevaluating its lunar Gateway space station, planning to repurpose components for the moon base instead.
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NASA Plans Nuclear-Powered Spacecraft for Skyfall Mission to Mars
NASA’s Skyfall mission will test nuclear electric propulsion with the Space Reactor-1 Freedom spacecraft. Launching in 2028, it will deploy helicopter swarms on Mars to scout landing sites and search for water, potentially cutting travel time by 25%.
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Recycled Human Waste Can Turn Mars, Moon Dust Into Fertile Soil, Study Finds
This breakthrough has significant implications for future human missions to Mars and the Moon
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Mysterious 'Shiny' Geometric Object Spotted On Mars, Harvard Astronomer Asks NASA To Investigate
The cone-like object, about 20 centimetres long with a flat base, was first photographed in 2022 by the Curiosity Rover while exploring Gale Crater on Mars.
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NASA’s ESCAPADE Mission to Study Space Weather Between Earth and Mars
NASA’s ESCAPADE mission will send two identical orbiters to Mars to study how solar wind and space weather strip away the planet’s atmosphere. Launching in 2025 and arriving in 2027, the twin spacecraft will measure solar wind conditions and Mars’s atmospheric response simultaneously, helping scientists understand how the Red Planet lost its ...
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NASA, SpaceX Delay ISS Mission Launch Due to Bad Weather
NASA and SpaceX have delayed the Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station because of unfavorable weather expected at Cape Canaveral. The launch is now targeted for February 12, with four astronauts waiting in quarantine as teams prepare the Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft for the next launch window.
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Moon Before Mars? Elon Musk Bets On Lunar City, Explains His New Space Priority
In a tweet on X, Musk explained that while Mars missions are restricted by planetary alignments every 26 months, launches to the Moon can occur every 10 days.
