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NASA's Perseverance rover spots Mars helicopter Ingenuity that flew for the 72nd and final flight

The NASA Perseverance rover's left Mastcam-Z camera captured an image of Mars helicopter Ingenuity. The little Red Planet ...
The Daily Galaxy on MSN

NASA could send a nuclear-powered Mars rover built for Earth to the lunar surface

NASA may be preparing to give one of its most recognizable rover designs an entirely new destination. During a recent Artemis ...
CNET

NASA's Moon Base Update: All's Well Despite the Blue Origin New Glenn Explosion

NASA formally announced its Moon Base back in March 2026 and has been working on several projects simultaneously to further the objective of putting people on the moon in a more permanent capacity. ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Mars Rover Spots Complex Carbon on the Red Planet, Marking Yet Another Detection of a Building Block of Life

Along with other recent discoveries, the new finding from Perseverance boosts the case that Mars once hosted conditions that ...
Space.com on MSN

NASA's dead Mars orbiter MAVEN will crash into the Red Planet in the next 100 years

NASA just declared its MAVEN Mars orbiter dead after a dozen productive years circling the Red Planet. Here's the fate that awaits the probe.

NASA expands Moon Base science program with new research awards

The Moon Base initiative is NASA’s effort to establish infrastructure near the moon’s south pole that would support ...

Building NASA's moon base starts with these lunar lander missions

NASA will pay another $600 million to 3 aerospace companies for lunar lander missions in 2028. Here's how the move paves the way for humans to return.

NASA awards Firefly Aerospace $144 million contract for accelerated moon mission

NASA is asking Firefly Aerospace Inc. to conduct an accelerated mission to the moon as the federal agency pushes ahead on ...