Almost Everything About NASA’s Latest Mission to Mars Is Unusual

The ESCAPADE mission, which launched to space on a Blue Origin rocket on Thursday, breaks the mold of how planetary science ...
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OTD In Space - November 13: Mariner 9 Becomes 1st Spacecraft to Orbit Mars

On November 13, 1971, Mariner 9 became the first spacecraft to orbit Mars. At the time, scientists didn't know much about the ...
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Mars mission lifts off to unlock mysteries of red planet’s missing atmosphere

The New Glenn rocket lifted off about 45 minutes later than scheduled due to an unplanned hold with 20 seconds to go.

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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Spacecraft enters orbit around Mars

PASADENA, Calif. -- The Martian sky just got a little more crowded. After a seven-month cruise, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on Friday joined a small fleet of spacecraft flying around Mars, ...
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Mars500 ‘arrives’ in orbit around Mars

The first full-duration simulation of a manned voyage to Mars has reached a major milestone: the ‘spacecraft’ yesterday ‘arrived’ at Mars after 244 days of virtual interplanetary flight. Three ...