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Tag: Mars
NASA moves forward with bold plan to bring Mars rocks back to Earth
This illustration shows a NASA Mars Ascent Vehicle concept carrying samples into Mars orbit. NASA/JPL-Caltech It’s one thing to send a spacecraft to Mars. It’s
Elon Musk ‘guesses’ SpaceX could send a ship to Mars as soon as 2024
If you want to go to Mars, timing is everything, and Elon Musk no longer thinks his company SpaceX will make it to the red
NASA Ingenuity: Meet the woman launching a helicopter on Mars
What does it take to build a helicopter to fly on Mars? For starters, you can forget the remote control. Mars is more than 30
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has an Earth twin named Optimism
Optimism, the Earth twin of Perseverance, went for its first test-drive in early September 2020. NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Perserverance rover launched in July on a multimonth
New SpaceX Starship fails to fire, but the Mars rocket has more chances
Putting humans in the picture gives a better idea of just how big the Starship orbital prototype will be. SpaceX founder Elon Musk shared this behind-the-scenes
NASA flawlessly launches Perseverance, its most ambitious Mars rover yet
The Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter are en route to Mars, beginning their quest to find ancient signs of life, fly the red planet’s skies and blaze a
China’s Tianwen-1 Mars spacecraft: Everything we know about the daring mission
An artist’s impression of the three spacecraft China will send to Mars in the coming weeks. Nature Astronomy Sometime in late July (or early August,
NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance: Everything you need to know
The Perseverance rover on Mars as imagined by an artist. NASA/JPL-Caltech This story is part of Welcome to Mars, our series exploring the red planet.
Elon Musk and SpaceX look to focus on building a Mars Starship in Texas
This concept illustration shows a SpaceX Starship on the moon. SpaceX Now that SpaceX has proven a commercial space company can safely transport humans to
Mars might be full of puddles but they’re too cold to support life
Mars: Beautiful and cold, like my last partner. NASA Scientists are pretty convinced modern-day Mars is lifeless. They’ve searched high and low for signs, sent