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SpaceX launches Starship rocket on lucky flight

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas – SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket soared through Texas’s golden-hour skies Monday before splashing down successfully, as the US company vies...

Musk says Starship to depart for Mars at end of 2026

Washington, United States — SpaceX founder Elon Musk said Saturday its massive Starship rocket would leave for Mars at the end of 2026 with...

Moon or Mars? NASA’s future at a crossroads under Trump 

Washington, United States—Is NASA still Moonbound, or will the next giant leap mean skipping straight to Mars?  Speculation is mounting that the Trump administration may scale...

Trump vows to plant flag on Mars, omits mention of Moon return

Washington, United States- US President Donald Trump vowed Monday to "plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars" but made no mention of NASA's...

‘Ready to come out?’ Scientists reemerge after year ‘on Mars’

Washington, United States—The NASA astronaut knocks loudly three times on what appears to be a nondescript door, and calls cheerfully: "You ready to come...

Meteorites strike Mars far more often than thought, probe finds

Paris, France—Mars is bombarded with basketball-sized meteorites on a nearly daily basis, five times more often than previously estimated, seismic recordings from a NASA spacecraft...

Is there life on Mars? Maybe, and it could have dropped its teddy

Yogi, Paddington and Winnie the Pooh, move over. There's a new bear in town. Or on Mars, anyway. The beaming face of a cute-looking teddy...

Meteorite that smashed into Mars shook planet, NASA says

Scientists who study Mars on Thursday revealed the remarkable Christmas gift they received from the planet last year. On December 24, 2021, a meteorite hit...

NASA shoots for the Moon, on its way to Mars

By Lucie Aubourg NASA's most powerful rocket yet is set to blast off Monday on the maiden voyage of a mission to take humans back...

To the Moon and beyond: NASA’s Artemis program

The Artemis program is NASA's plan to return humans to the Moon as a stepping stone for an eventual voyage to Mars. Twelve men walked...

Lockheed Martin wins NASA contract to bring Mars samples back to Earth

Lockheed Martin's space division has won a NASA contract to build the rocket that will return the first Mars rock samples to Earth in...

Life on Mars: simulating Red Planet base in Israeli desert

Inside a huge crater in Israel's sun-baked Negev desert, a team wearing space suits ventures forth on a mission to simulate conditions on Mars. The...

NASA selects Moon site for ice-hunting rover

NASA on Monday announced it would land an ice-seeking rover on a region of the Moon's south pole called the Nobile Crater in 2023. The...

NASA thinks Mars rover succeeded in taking rock sample

NASA's Perseverance rover succeeded in its second attempt to scoop up a piece of Martian rock for future analysis by scientists on Earth --...
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