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Top NASA scientist issues warning after opening 50 year old sealed Apollo sample

As NASA prepares for the Artemis III landing at the Moon's south pole, two distinct research efforts using Apollo 17 ...
Earth.com

NASA's newest mission hopes to learn how and why Mars became a dead planet

NASA is sending two spacecraft to Mars on their new ESCAPADE mission to reveal how space weather robbed it of its atmosphere and turned it dry ...

Lower-cost space missions like NASA's ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science, but at a risk

After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA's Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission has ...
University of California

NASA’s ESCAPADE mission to Mars — twin UC Berkeley satellites dubbed Blue and Gold — will launch in early November

NASA’s ESCAPADE is the first UC Berkeley-led planetary mission. Its two identical satellites will provide an unprecedented stereo view of Mars’ magnetosphere. Mapping the ionosphere and space ...
PRIMETIMER

National Academies urge NASA to prioritize the search for life in early human Mars missions

A new report said the first astronauts on Mars should have focused on searching for signs of life. It outlined mission goals, research plans, and guidance for future human exploration ...
Forbes

White House Aims To Halt Leading NASA Missions Across The Solar System

The New Horizons spacecraft sends back its sensational snapshots of Jupiter, and its volcanic moon Io, before the mission's close encounter with Pluto (Photo by: Photo12/Universal Images Group via ...
Scientific American

Human Missions to Mars Must Search for Alien Life, New Report Finds

A major new study lays out plans for crewed missions to Mars, with the search for extraterrestrial life being a top priority ...
Forbes

Congress Urged To Reject Trump’s ‘Destructive’ NASA Plan

NASA’s top-line funding could be slashed by 24% and its science budget by 47% after what experts describe as a “destructive proposal” by the Trump Administration to cut almost $6 billion from the ...
Futurism

NASA Says It’s Hitting the Gas, Speedrunning Next Moon Mission

Following countless delays plaguing its efforts to return the first astronauts to the lunar surface in over half a century, NASA could finally be bucking the trend. NASA officials revealed today that ...
Task & Purpose

Air Force test pilot picked to command year-long Mars simulation mission

An Air Force test pilot will lead a four-person NASA crew living for a year inside a simulated Mars habitat as the space agency gears up for future long-term flights. The crew will also include a ...
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Moon dust could wreck future missions, but NASA’s new mini rover has a plan!

NASA’s Artemis IV mission, slated for launch in 2028, will feature a groundbreaking mini rover designed to study one of the ...
New Atlas

NASA budget axes several missions, SLS and a space station

The release of NASA's latest budget reveals the Orion spacecraft and Lunar Gateway space station are getting the chop. The US$18.8-billion total figure decreases spending by $6 billion, or 24%, as the ...