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China, SpaceX, or NASA: Who’s first to Mars?

The race to Mars is heating up with China, SpaceX, and NASA all vying to be the first to land humans on the red planet. Each ...
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NASA and Google test AI medical assistant for astronaut missions to the moon and Mars

Google and NASA are trialing an AI-powered medical assistant that could help astronauts care for themselves when mission ...

NASA finds coral-shaped rock on Mars that could be billions of years old

When liquid water still existed on Mars, it carried dissolved minerals into rock cracks, NASA said. Once the liquid dried, it ...

NASA has sparked a race to develop the data pipeline to Mars

That pivot has sparked a race, with major contenders pitching ways to keep Mars missions online. What’s at stake isn’t a ...
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Blue Origin's 2nd New Glenn rocket launch will fly twin NASA Mars probes to space on Sep. 29

New Glenn will also carry a secondary payload as a part of the NG-2 launch. A technology demonstration from satellite ...
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NASA Mars Rover Gets Firmware Upgrade to Boost Power Efficiency

After being on Mars for 12 years, the Curiosity Rover gets the latest software update, enabling parallel task execution.

Is there life on Mars? The Great Salt Lake may hold some clues.

Scientists have found tiny crystal worlds teeming with life at the Great Salt Lake — a discovery that could reveal how ...
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Blue Origin pitches new ‘Mars Telecommunications Orbiter’ for Red Planet missions (video)

The MTO, which Blue Origin says could lift off by 2028, is designed to deliver much higher bandwidth to Red Planet spacecraft ...