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Is NASA ready for the Red Planet? US senator's 'Mission to MARS Act' aims to modernize Johnson Space Center
Texas Senator John Cornyn announced a $1 billion MARS Act to upgrade NASA's Johnson Space Center to better support ...
First aurora photo from Mars shows green glow in the sky
Mars doesn't have an organized planetary magnetic field like Earth, so auroras can appear anywhere in the sky. Now there's a ...
Mars astronauts would be able to see colorful aurora lights during solar storms, scientists prove
NASA said it's likely that if astronauts had been on the surface of Mars near the rover, they would have been able to see the glowing green lights. Original article source: Mars astronauts would be ...
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Trump's 2026 budget plan would cancel NASA's Mars Sample Return mission. Experts say that's a 'major step back'
"To decide not to return them, or to put it off to an indefinite future time with human missions would be to take a major ...
Museum visitors to touch part of the moon and Mars
Visitors to London's Natural History Museum will be able to touch a piece of the moon and the planet Mars at a new exhibition ...
Colorado teen designs spacesuit prototypes after joining NASA's simulated Mars mission
But one Colorado student is already reaching for the stars.Riley Nuttycombe, a senior at New Vista High School in Boulder, ...
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'Marsquakes' reveal clues about a hidden body of water on Mars
By listening to the echoes of "marsquakes" — seismic waves rippling through Mars ' crust — researchers uncovered signs of ...