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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 Senator John Cornyn announced a $1 billion MARS Act to upgrade NASA's Johnson Space Center to better support ...
NASA rover shares moody image of Mars moon Deimos
A recent video created from images captured by Curiosity shows clouds tinted red and green flowing though the sky over Mars. Captured using the rover's Mastcam instrument on January 17, 2025, the ...
Did it snow on Mars? New research suggests ancient Red Planet precipitation was a lot like Earth
Precipitation, to be clear, includes any variant – not just water, but snow or freezing rain and other forms of water falling from the sky. Much like the Eastern Seaboard in winter, a "warm" Mars ...
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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 ...
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 ...
White House space policy adrift as Trump eyes Mars mission without clear leadership
There’s nobody in charge right now,” said one space industry official. “It’s just a lot of individuals trying to set ...
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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 ...
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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 ...