The Debrief

Lightning on Mars: NASA’s MAVEN Orbiter Reveals a Strange Phenomenon on the Red Planet

Researchers have identified powerful Martian electrical discharges, similar to lightning, and strong enough to be observed from orbit.
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NASA outlines objectives for Mars communications orbiter

NASA has provided new details about its plans to procure a Mars communications orbiter funded under last year’s budget ...
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 ...
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NASA Brings Air Force Pilot In For Year-Long Mars Simulation Mission (Here's What That Means)

The prospect of living on other planets, easily achieved in fictional Hollywood productions, isn't so simple for the scientific community. The amount of research and data it takes to accomplish such a ...
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NASA’s Mars Sample Return Mission in Jeopardy as U.S. Considers Abandoning Retrieval

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Right now one of the most advanced planetary explorers ever built is scouring the surface of Mars. Supported by a team of hundreds ...
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Blue Origin New Glenn rocket: New launch window for historic Mars mission after solar storm delay

UPDATE: Earlier Blue Origin posted on X that the launch has been rescheduled for this afternoon (Nov. 13), with a launch window between 2:57 p.m. to 4:25 p.m. EST. Be sure to check the live blog for ...

With Musk Now Focused on the Moon, Will This Plucky Rival Claim Mars?

SpaceX has pursued its founder’s dream of reaching Mars for decades, but now that Elon Musk has shifted the company’s focus to the Moon, another aerospace firm appears prepared to take the lead in the ...