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Is NASA ready for the Red Planet? US senator's 'Mission to MARS Act' aims to modernize Johnson Space Center
Texas is positioning itself at the forefront of human spaceflight research with a $1 billion proposal to upgrade NASA's ...
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Trump's proposed 2026 NASA budget cuts will cede our space 'position of leadership to other nations', top scientists say
Given the considerable uncertainty about the future NASA Science budget given projected Trump Administration funding ...
Mars astronauts would be able to see colorful aurora lights during solar storms, scientists prove
NASA said it's likely that if astronauts had been on the surface of Mars near the rover, they would have been able to see the glowing green lights. Original article source: Mars astronauts would be ...
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Trump's 2026 budget plan would cancel NASA's Mars Sample Return mission. Experts say that's a 'major step back'
The White House says NASA's Mars Sample Return mission is a waste of money, but experts say the mission could help it achieve ...
First aurora photo from Mars shows green glow in the sky
Mars doesn't have an organized planetary magnetic field like Earth, so auroras can appear anywhere in the sky. Now there's a ...
NASA makes 'a step towards Mars' as space agency aims to send astronauts to planet
The Red Planet is the fourth from the sun and is the seventh largest planet. As the planet is dry, rocky and bitter cold, a ...
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NASA's Europa Clipper probe snaps ghostly thermal portrait of Mars en route to Jupiter
NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft, en route to Jupiter's icy ocean moon Europa, recently captured a ghostly infrared portrait ...
Colorado teen designs spacesuit prototypes after joining NASA's simulated Mars mission
But one Colorado student is already reaching for the stars.Riley Nuttycombe, a senior at New Vista High School in Boulder, ...