NASA is sending probes to Mars to find out why it lost its atmosphere – and what that could mean for Earth

Mars is a cold, dry, desert-like planet. But billions of years ago, scientific evidence suggests that it had a thick ...
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NASA is quietly sending two spacecraft to Mars

A Mars mission is typically a high-profile, high-budget spectacle — but not this one. Without the usual fanfare, NASA is ...

NASA quietly sends two spacecraft to Mars — and they're going a new way

A NASA mission will send twin spacecraft to Mars to learn what happened to the Red Planet's ancient, thick atmosphere.

Here’s how orbital dynamics wizardry helped save NASA’s next Mars mission

ESCAPADE’s path through space, relative to the Earth, has the peculiar shape of a kidney bean. In the world of astrodynamics, ...

Meet Blue and Gold: NASA’s first twin satellites bound for Mars

ESCAPADE is overseen by the University of California Berkeley, who named the spacecraft’s onboard satellites Blue and Gold ...

Mars Once Had Changing Lakes: NASA Reveals Signs Of Life-Friendly Water Phases In Jezero Crater

NASA's Perseverance rover has uncovered remarkable new evidence about Mars watery past, showing that the Jezero Crater once ...

NASA has a broken giant antenna that could upend its 2026 plans

NASA's giant Mars Antenna failure hinders spacecraft communication and asteroid studies amid the federal government shutdown.

Chinese spacecraft sends fascinating GIF of 3I/ATLAS after NASA declines to release photos

China’s Tianwen-1 orbiter has captured an image of 3I/ATLAS during its fly-by of Mars, furthering efforts to shed light on ...