NASA faces a crucial choice on a Mars spacecraft—and it must decide soon

What everyone agrees on is that NASA needs a new spacecraft capable of relaying communications from Mars to Earth. This issue ...
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NASA's MAVEN spacecraft orbiting Mars mysteriously went offline

NASA spokespersons officially announced that one of their Mars orbiters had stopped responding and that they had lost communication with it. NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) ...
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NASA is racing the clock on a Mars orbiter with huge consequences

NASA is approaching a decisive moment on a Mars telecommunications orbiter that could shape the future of robotic and human ...
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A NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars may be dead

For nearly a month, NASA has been scrambling to make contact with a spacecraft in orbit around Mars that abruptly fell silent. The space agency lost communication with the MAVEN probe (short for Mars ...
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Blue Origin successfully launches NASA spacecraft on journey to Mars after delays

Blue Origin’s New Glenn Mission NG-2 successfully launched a second mission from Cape Canaveral Thursday, carrying NASA’s twin ESCAPADE spacecraft to Mars. The huge 321-foot (98-meter) New Glenn ...
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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will refly booster on next launch of powerful New Glenn rocket

Blue Origin will use a flight-proven booster on the next launch of its New Glenn rocket. The liftoff, which is targeted for ...
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4 Exciting Space Missions Launch This Year Including NASA’s Return to Moon, Japan’s Jump to Mars

From a return of humans to lunar orbit, to Japan's first crack at Mars, advanced space travel and exploration is set to continue in 2026.