NASA rover detects electric discharges like 'mini-sonic booms' on Mars

NASA's Perseverance rover has for the first time helped scientists confirm that electrical sparks often ignite within ...
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NASA’s new Mars discovery intrigues scientists with the rock’s “sculpted” shape

A strange rock standing alone in the dusty expanse of Jezero Crater on Mars has captured the attention of planetary ...

NASA's Escapade Mars Mission Will Be Completely Different - Here's How

At this point, sending probes to Mars has almost become routine, but the ESCAPADE mission is showing that there's always a ...

Lower-cost space missions like NASA's ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science, but at a risk

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

NASA robot rover shows that sparks fly in dust storms on Mars

Sometimes you get a small electric shock from touching your car door handle on a dry summer's day.
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NASA funds next-generation drone flight software for Mars exploration

NASA funds new software to enhance drone navigation over featureless Martian terrain. This initiative supports autonomous ...

NASA reveals how astronauts manage periods in space and why it matters for Moon and Mars missions

Space agencies are now focusing on menstrual care for astronauts. Longer missions to the Moon and Mars require sustainable ...

NASA Mars rover captures crackling lightning. Hear the 'thunder' yourself.

Of course, everything on Mars has to be different from Earth — not even the thunder can sound like thunder. Instead, these tiny bits of lightning give off sounds more like those that people associate ...

NASA heads to Death Valley to test new Mars drone tech

After reaching Mars with the Perseverance rover in early 2021, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter proved a huge success as it ...
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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 ...
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NASA sent 3 drones to Death Valley to prepare for travel to Mars

NASA Sent 3 Drones to Death Valley to Prepare for Travel to Mars ...

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

In theory, leaner NASA oversight, greater use of off‑the‑shelf hardware and narrower science goals can cut costs while launching more missions and increasing the total science return. If ESCAPADE ...