A Vital NASA Mars Orbiter Has Gone Dark

MAVEN has circled Mars for more than a decade, exploring the planet and relaying data from robots on the surface.
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From NASA's first lunar excursion in 50 years to first Starships aimed at Mars—launches scheduled for 2026

The new year will bring a plethora of space missions, some more exciting than others.
Earth.com

NASA's newest mission hopes to learn how and why Mars became a dead planet

NASA is sending two spacecraft to Mars on their new ESCAPADE mission to reveal how space weather robbed it of its atmosphere and turned it dry ...
Phys.org

NASA's ESCAPADE mission to Mars—twin satellites dubbed Blue and Gold will launch in early November

The first dual-satellite mission to another planet, NASA's ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers), is scheduled for launch no earlier than Sunday, Nov. 9, from Cape Canaveral ...
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30-cargo-300: Major report outlines the priorities for a NASA-led human mission to Mars

A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has laid out possible priorities and ...
Mashable

NASA quietly sends two spacecraft to Mars — and they're going a new way

NASA's Escapade mission, run by UC Berkeley, will get to the bottom of how solar radiation strips away the tattered Martian atmosphere. Credit: James Rattray / Rocket Lab USA illustration The U.S.
BGR

NASA's AI Doctor May Be The Key To Surviving A Mars Mission

In NASA's current missions, medical risks are manageable. There's the opportunity for emergency evacuations, real-time communications, and the ability to send samples to Earth. However, long-term ...
Scientific American

Mars Sample That May Contain Evidence of Life Might Never Come Home

Right now one of the most advanced planetary explorers ever built is scouring the surface of Mars. Supported by a team of hundreds of scientists back on Earth, the Perseverance rover has traveled ...
Rolling Out

Blue Origin launches NASA’s thrilling Mars mission finally

Blue Origin’s towering New Glenn rocket stood ready at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, carrying a precious cargo destined for Mars. NASA’s twin ESCAPADE spacecraft, tucked safely inside ...
Houston Public Media

NASA will again send a group of researchers to Houston to simulate a Mars mission

A view inside the sandbox portion of NASA’s Crew Health and Performance Analog, where research volunteers participate in simulated walks on the surface of Mars. NASA is not quite sending astronauts 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 ...
University of California

NASA’s ESCAPADE mission to Mars — twin UC Berkeley satellites dubbed Blue and Gold — will launch in early November

NASA’s ESCAPADE is the first UC Berkeley-led planetary mission. Its two identical satellites will provide an unprecedented stereo view of Mars’ magnetosphere. Mapping the ionosphere and space ...