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How NASA planned to colonize Mars nearly 80 years ago

Decades before modern rovers ever reached Mars, NASA scientists were already imagining permanent human colonies on the red ...
Morning Overview on MSN

NASA unveils strongest signs yet of ancient life on Mars

The strongest hints yet that Mars once hosted living microbes are no longer theoretical models or ambiguous chemistry. They ...
CNN

Why an unprecedented NASA mission is set to take off on a winding journey to Mars

Twin spacecraft are set to take off on an unprecedented, winding journey to Mars, where they will investigate why the barren red planet began to lose its atmosphere billions of years ago. Called ...
cursus.edu

NASA confirms Mars discovery that forces scientists to rethink everything

Perseverance, the aptly named robot that has been criss-crossing the planet Mars since February 2021, has collected numerous samples along its 30 km route. Assigned to explore an ancient river delta ...
Mashable

NASA sends twin spacecraft to Mars with a push from Blue Origin

NASA has launched its latest mission to study Mars, with a little push from Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin. Hitching a ride on a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket, NASA's pair of Escapade (Escape ...
Space.com

Camera on NASA Mars probe snaps its 100,000th photo of the Red Planet

NASA's sharp-eyed Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) just notched a big milestone. MRO's HiRISE ("High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment") camera has now snapped 100,000 photos of the surface of ...
Ars Technica

NASA just lost contact with a Mars orbiter, and will soon lose another one

NASA has lost contact with one of its three spacecraft orbiting Mars, the agency announced Tuesday. Meanwhile, a second Mars orbiter is perilously close to running out of fuel, and the third mission ...
CBS News

NASA says Maven spacecraft that was orbiting Mars has gone silent

NASA has lost contact with a spacecraft that has orbited Mars for more than a decade. Maven, an acronym for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, abruptly stopped communicating with ground stations ...
USA Today

NASA loses contact with Mars orbiter. What to know about MAVEN mission

NASA has lost contact with its MAVEN spacecraft, which has been orbiting Mars for over a decade. The loss of signal occurred on Dec. 6 as the orbiter passed behind Mars from Earth's perspective. MAVEN ...
New York Post

NASA discovers rock on Mars that shouldn’t be there — and scientists think it’s a visitor from outer space

Like an interstellar rolling stone. NASA scientists were baffled after uncovering a rock on Mars that didn’t belong there — with a composition pointing to potentially interstellar origins. “This rock ...
UPI

NASA loses contact with Mars orbiter MAVEN

Dec. 10 (UPI) --NASA has lost contact with MAVEN, a spacecraft that has been orbiting Mars for more than 11 years and one of only three circling the red planet. On Tuesday, NASA said it lost contact ...