Mars, NASA and Earth

Mars rock samples may contain evidence of alien life, but can NASA get them back to Earth?
NASA will explore two different strategies for fetching Mars rocks collected by the Perseverance rover, and there's a chance these samples contain evidence of alien life.
NASA Torn Over Two Plans To Bring Mars Rocks To Earth, Why It Matters
NASA torn over two plans to bring rock samples from Mars: recreating a previous rocket method or getting a lander from a commercial company.
NASA pitches cheaper, faster plan to bring Mars samples to Earth
NASA has unveiled two revamped plans to bring Mars samples to Earth in the 2030s, reducing costs by nearly half from its initial $11 billion proposal while expediting the timeline.
NASA proposes cheaper, 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, after seeing its original plan swell to $11 billion. Administrator Bill Nelson presented a revised scenario Tuesday,
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.
NASA hedges its bets on costly Mars rock mission
NASA has decided it's going to pursue parallel missions to attempt to retrieve samples of rock on Mars collected by rovers.
NASA’s plans to get Mars rocks delivered to the Utah desert are changing
Bringing Martian rock and soil samples to Earth is among the top priorities of planetary scientists. By studying fresh rocks up close with the latest, most powerful instruments in their laboratories,
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NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory back online after 2024 data center flood
The spacecraft themselves continued to operate normally in Earth orbit during the outage and "no science data has been lost." ...
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New NASA robot with X-ray vision will watch Earth 'breathing' from the moon
A new robot is set to capture the first global images of Earth's magnetic field "breathing" in and out from the surface of ...
Earth records hottest year ever in 2024 and the jump was so big it breached a key threshold
Earth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024, with such a big jump that the planet temporarily passed a major climate ...
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Comet that could shine as bright as Venus set to be visible from Earth
G3 (ATLAS) should be visible from the southern hemisphere, and possibly also the northern hemisphere, over the next few days ...
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Earth’s magnetic field has a dent, and NASA is watching closely
NASA monitors the South Atlantic Anomaly, a growing magnetic field disturbance affecting satellites and spacecraft.
NISAR Satellite by NASA and ISRO to Monitor Earth Like Never Before
NISAR will track Earth’s changes using advanced radar technology Dual-band radar offers precise data on ice, forests, and ...
NASA's LEXI will provide X-ray vision of Earth's magnetosphere
A NASA X-ray imager is heading to the moon as part of NASA's Artemis campaign, where it will capture the first global images ...
One of humanity's largest ever projects that worried NASA scientists is slowing down Earth's spin
One of the largest ever projects created by humanity has slowed down the rotation of the Earth. It happened as a result of ...