Without new landers or rovers, it’s helicopters or bust for NASA’s Mars program

For the first time in more than 30 years, NASA has no firm plans to send any new landers or rovers to Mars. Instead, the ...
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NASA’s Ingenuity captured a ‘surreal’ Mars wreckage scene that looks straight out of sci-fi

At first glance, the scene looks like the aftermath of a crash. Twisted material lies scattered across the Martian surface, ...
Earth.com

NASA spacecraft detects a rare, toothpaste-like magnetic effect squeezing Mars’ atmosphere for the first time

Data from NASA's MAVEN mission reveals that Mars experiences the Zwan-Wolf effect, a magnetic mechanism previously seen only on Earth.
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NASA’s Three Helicopters Head To Mars

AeroVironment has been awarded a contract to co-design and co-manufacture three helicopters for SkyFall alongside NASA’s Jet ...
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NASA’s Curiosity rover just climbed 1 kilometer on Mars, revealing a view humans have never seen before

NASA’s Curiosity rover has reached a new milestone on Mars, marking a 1-kilometer elevation gain during its ascent of Mount ...
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NASA is sending probes to Mars to find out why it lost its atmosphere – and what that could mean for Earth

(NEW YORK) — Mars is a cold, dry, desert-like planet. But billions of years ago, scientific evidence suggests that it had a thick atmosphere, which kept it warm enough to support flowing water on its ...
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NASA Spots a Bizarre 'Jellyfish' Floating on Mars. Here's What We Know.

Weird jellyfish? Or something weirder? (NASA/JPL Caltech) NASA rovers Curiosity and Perseverance have photographed some ...

NASA Breaks the Sound Barrier With New Mars Helicopter Rotors

NASA’s new Mars helicopter rotors survived supersonic testing, boosting lift by 30% and paving the way for heavier, more ...

Meet ‘MOXIE’, a small Nasa device that for the first time made oxygen from the Martian atmosphere

Nasa's MOXIE instrument has successfully extracted oxygen from Martian carbon dioxide during its operation on Mars from 2021 to 2023. This innovative device proved vital for potential future missions ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Spaceflight Now

Blue Origin launches twin Mars probes for NASA as New Glenn makes first landing

New Glenn lifts off from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral, carrying twin Mars probes for NASA. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now. Blue Origin launched its second heavy-lift New Glenn rocket ...