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Mars, NASA and Earth

Hosted on MSN · 7h

NASA scrapped its $11 billion scheme to grab Mars rocks that may point to alien life. Now it has a faster, cheaper plan.

NASA's mission to return samples from Mars and potentially discover the first signs of alien life has a new timeline. The samples may arrive sooner.

The Associated Press on MSN · 20h

NASA proposes cheaper and quicker way to get Mars rocks and soil to Earth

NASA is pitching a cheaper and quicker way of getting rocks and soil back from Mars. Administrator Bill Nelson presented two options on Tuesday, less than two weeks before stepping down as NASA's chief.

The Washington Post on MSN · 1d

NASA collected Mars rocks to haul to Earth. It still hasn’t decided how.

The Mars Sample Return mission has been ranked as the highest priority by planetary scientists, who hope to find signs of ancient life on Mars.

Mars, NASA and Sample

Hosted on MSN · 13h

NASA to explore two landing options for returning samples from Mars

To maximize chances of successfully bringing the first Martian rock and sediment samples to Earth for the benefit of humanity, NASA announced Tuesday a new approach to its Mars Sample Return Program.

Ars Technica · 12h

NASA defers decision on Mars Sample Return to the Trump administration

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson left a final decision on a new mission architecture to the next NASA administrator working under the incoming Trump administration. President-elect Donald Trump nominated entrepreneur and commercial astronaut Jared Isaacman as the agency's 15th administrator last month.

CBS News on MSN · 1d

NASA exploring 2 options to lower costs, speed up Mars Sample Return mission

NASA hopes a revised plan will get Mars samples back to Earth faster and cost less than the agency's original plan.

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NASA Image Reveals Intense Cold Weather Across the US this Week

Temperatures dropped a low as -22 degrees F in the northern Midwest on January 6 due to a powerful winter storm.

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NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab Evacuated as Los Angeles Burns

NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab, the agency's research and development center at the cutting edge of space exploration for decades, ...

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NASA is calibrating new clocks so people can live on the moon

Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have calculated a new system for measuring lunar time. While not needed ...

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NASA Wants to Explore the Icy Moons of Jupiter and Saturn With Autonomous Robots

Research and development is underway to create robots that can hunt for signs of life in the vast oceans that exist under the ...

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NASA to test solution for radiation-tolerant computing in space

Onboard computers are critical to space exploration, aiding nearly every spacecraft function from propulsion and navigation ...

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NASA spacewalks are back! Two spacewalks this month after long break

Following a spacesuit leak in June last year, NASA suspended its spacewalks from the International Space Station. Now, ...

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Is there a launch today? Upcoming SpaceX, Blue Origin, NASA rocket launch schedule in Florida

Stay tuned. Crews at NASA's Kennedy Space Center and neighboring Cape Canaveral Space Force Station are gearing up for a busy ...

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Astronaut set to patch NASA's X-ray telescope aboard space station

NASA astronaut Nick Hague will install patches to the agency's NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) X-ray ...

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