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Twin NASA Mars probes will fly on 2nd-ever launch of Blue Origin's huge New Glenn rocket
A NASA Mars mission's long and winding road to the launch pad is nearing its end. The twin ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma ...
Blue Origin lines up NASA's Mars-bound mission for next New Glenn launch
Blue Origin's first launch of its New Glenn rocket was supposed to send up a pair of Mars-bound satellites for NASA, but ...
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NASA's ESCAPADE mission to study Mars aboard Blue Origin rocket
NASA's twin ESCAPADE Mars probes are scheduled to launch on the second flight of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, potentially as early as August 15, 2025.
The director of NASA’s largest science center is leaving government
On Monday, NASA announced that Makenzie Lystrup will leave her post as director of the Goddard Space Flight Center on Friday, ...
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NASA personnel warn of ‘dire’ consequences of proposed cuts
Harmful cuts” jeopardize the agency’s mission, more than 280 current and former personnel contend in a scathing dissent.
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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 169 — The Day Mars Died
On Episode 169 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Rob Manning, JPL's Chief Engineer Emeritus, to ...
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The Forgotten Soviet Plan to Beat the US to Mars
Interestingly, Tikhonravov’s dream of a Soviet mission to Mars was based on former Nazi rocket scientist-turned-American rocket scientist, Wernher Von Braun, who had his own “ Mars Project ” that ...
Trump's defunding of NASA would be catastrophic
Even with many lawmakers in favor of maintaining NASA's budget, a flat budget is still a funding cut when accounting for ...
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Mariner 4: 60 Years Ago Today, NASA Changed How We Study The Solar System
A cross July 14-15, 1965 (depending on your time zone), the Mariner 4 mission was doing something incredible. This early NASA ...
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A camera flew through the sun’s corona, didn’t melt, and sent back these first-ever close-ups of the sun
The Parker Solar Probe passed through the sun’s corona late last year, coming within 3.8 million miles from the surface of ...
Largest piece of Mars on Earth fetches meteoric $5.3 million at New York auction
The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $5 million at an auction of rare geological and ...
Two meteorites found in the Sahara could be from the solar system’s least studied rocky planet, scientists say
Two meteorites found in the Sahara in 2023 might be from Mercury, a study suggests, but doubts remain due to how little is ...