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NASA selects 4 for a 378-day Mars habitat test

NASA has quietly taken a major step toward crewed missions to Mars by selecting four people to live and work in a sealed, 3D-printed habitat for 378 days. The mission is designed to mimic the ...
The Space Race on MSN

This is why NASA gave up on colonizing Mars

NASA once had an official plan to colonize Mars — complete with timelines, tech, and ambitions to build humanity’s first ...
Dronelife

NASA Tests Drones in Death Valley to Prepare for Future Mars Rotorcraft

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is testing drone navigation software in Death Valley to prepare future rotorcraft for Mars’ terrain.
Ars Technica

NASA found intriguing rocks on Mars, so where does that leave Mars Sample Return?

NASA’s interim administrator, Sean Duffy, was fired up on Wednesday when he joined a teleconference to talk about new scientific findings that concerned the potential for life to have once existed on ...
Forbes

White House Could Jeopardize Mars Missions By Slashing NASA’s Funding

The White House scheme to reshape NASA by slashing its funding could jeopardize future human flights to Mars. Shown here is NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft - one of the three Mars orbiters set to ...
The New York Times

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 missions typically come together. By Kenneth Chang Kenneth Chang went to ...
NPR

Life on Mars? NASA says a rock sample shows potential signs of ancient life

A long time ago, life left microscopic signatures on Mars — or did it? That's the question NASA scientists have worked for years to answer. On Wednesday, NASA researchers said the answer might be in a ...