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NASA | Animation of 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’s Curiosity rover crosses more than 5,000 days on Mars, defying its odds of survival

Curiosity had a mission of just one Martian year, or roughly 669 Mars days.

NASA awards $700 million Mars contract to Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has landed a $700 million NASA contract that could play a major role in the future of Mars ...

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Discovers a Strange “Honeycomb” Landscape on Mars

The surface of Mars is home to some of the most breathtaking and awe-inspiring landscapes in the solar system. This is ...

“Jellyfish” Spotted In NASA Mars Photo Sparks Frenzy As People Dig For Explanation

A bizarre jellyfish-like object captured by NASA’s Curiosity rover in 2023 has some people convinced that the tiny shape could be something far more mysterious. The strange figure appears on a distant ...
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Mars’ Southern Half Is Weirdly Warm Underground. The ‘Thermal Anomaly’ Might Explain Why the Planet’s Hemispheres Look So Different

Researchers used a novel technique to figure out what's going on inside the Red Planet. The work suggests that the interior ...