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

NASA scientists were baffled after uncovering a rock on Mars that didn’t belong there — with a composition pointing to ...

NASA’s latest ESCAPADE is sending twin low-cost orbiters to examine Mars’ atmosphere

Envision a time when hundreds of spacecraft are exploring the solar system and beyond. That’s the future that NASA’s ESCAPADE ...

Almost Everything About NASA’s Latest Mission to Mars Is Unusual

The ESCAPADE mission, which launched to space on a Blue Origin rocket on Thursday, breaks the mold of how planetary science ...

Rocket Lab-Built Twin Spacecraft Begin Mars Journey for NASA and UC Berkeley’s ESCAPADE Mission

Rocket Lab-Built Twin Spacecraft Begin Mars Journey for NASA and UC Berkeley’s ESCAPADE Mission Twin satellites built by ...

Rocket Lab is a major part of NASA's new mission to Mars

Rocket Lab Corporation (RKLB) announced the successful launch of its two Explorer-class spacecraft. The launch was a part of ...
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Canadian Science Instrument Part of NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory Mission

NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) touched down on the Red Planet today at 1:32 a.m. EDT, marking the second time a Canadian science instrument lands on Mars. The mission’s rover, dubbed Curiosity, ...
SpaceNews

Lockheed Martin Completes Mars Science Laboratory Heatshield For NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has completed production and testing of the heatshield for NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL). The heatshield is half of the large and sophisticated two-part aeroshell ...
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NASA’s Mars Spacecraft Capture Images of Comet 3I/ATLAS

Two orbiters and a rover captured images of the interstellar object — from the closest location any of the agency’s ...
EDN

Image of the Day: Mars Science Laboratory Mission Update

This is an artist’s concept of NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft during its cruise phase between launch and final approach to Mars. The spacecraft includes a disc-shaped cruise stage (on the ...
Los Angeles Times

Mars rocks are a science prize the U.S. can’t afford to lose

NASA does difficult, inspiring and ambitious things — and it does them, in the immortal words of President Kennedy, because they are hard. NASA’s most ambitious planetary project yet is Mars Sample ...
Arizona Daily Star

Mars-rover plan goes deep into the red

LOS ANGELES — NASA's flagship mission to land a nuclear-powered, next-generation rover on Mars is facing development problems and ballooning costs that could threaten its scheduled launch next year.
Aviation Week

NASA picks investigations for Mars Science Laboratory

NASA has chosen eight proposals to provide instrumentation for its Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover, scheduled for launch in 2009. MSL is to be a mobile laboratory, spending two years exploring ...