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NASA uses Artemis II data to fast-track Moon and Mars plans

NASA’s Artemis II crew is sending back data that is already influencing future Moon and Mars missions, while Artemis III hardware assembly advances and key program risks remain. The agency is ...

Mars Sample Return mission in jeopardy, Lockheed Martin thinks it can still be done

When it landed on Mars in 2021, the Perseverance rover set out to collect roughly 30 samples of soil from the red planet. The ...

Artemis II is a triumph, but NASA’s ‘most ambitious’ mission carrying possible evidences of life may never return

NASA's ambitious Mars Sample Return mission plans to bring Martian rocks and soil to Earth. This project seeks to understand ...
SpaceNews

Senators seek increased funding for NASA Mars missions

Several senators are asking appropriators to increase funding for NASA robotic Mars exploration, fearing “irreversible harm” if funding is not restored.
SpaceNews

Preparing for the next NASA budget battle

While NASA avoided the worst of the proposed cuts, it did not escape them entirely. One part of the agency feeling the hurt from the budget is its planetary science program. In addition to Congress’s ...
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Curiosity rover finds most diverse organics yet on Mars

NASA's Curiosity rover has detected the most varied set of organic molecules ever found on Mars, including seven never before ...
Washington Technology

NASA seeks commercial contractor to build new Mars communications network

Only companies that worked on the Mars Sample Return program need apply, narrowing the field to a handful of space industry heavyweights. NASA is looking for ways to improve the communications network ...
Labroots

NASA Rover Uncovers Rare Organic Molecules on Mars

Does Mars contain the building blocks for life as we know it? This is what a recent study published in Nature Communications ...