Lower-cost space missions like NASA’s ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and trade‑offs

After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission has ...

A non-public document reveals that science may not be prioritized on next Mars mission

The way this document is written suggests that when NASA scores bidders for the Mars Telecommunications Network, the addition ...
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Breaking down the NASA Authorization Act of 2026 and what it means for the space agency

Senate bill reshapes lunar strategy, delays ISS retirement and resets Mars plans.

Life on Mars? How Curiosity rover launch in Florida helped make new find

NASA's Curiosity rover, which launched in 2011 from Florida, found signs of organic material that on Earth is most often ...
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When Does NASA Think We'll Go To Mars? It's Sooner Than You Think

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. mars sitting on a field of stars - Eyeem Mobile Gmbh/Getty Images NASA has been working toward one of its most exciting and ...
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NASA's Perseverance rover now has its own 'GPS' on Mars: 'We've given the rover a new ability'

Instead, robotic missions including Perseverance have long depended on onboard sensors and cameras, imagery from orb ...