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NASA’s Perseverance rover reads records of impacts on ancient Mars – NASA 0
- Asteroids, Mars, Perseverance (Rover), Planetary Science, SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- July 15, 2026
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has discovered evidence that a 245-foot (75-meter-thick) pile of ancient rock on the rim of Jezero Crater was built by repeated asteroid impacts. This sequence of layered bedrock, dubbed the “Broom Point Member” by the rover’s science team, is likely more than 3.9 billion years old, making it some of the
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Curiosity gets a close look at Martian sulfur – NASA 0
- Curiosity (Rover), Mars, SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- July 9, 2026
This close-up view shows fragments of sulfur crystals, the first seen on the Red Planet. The crystals were found after NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover passed over and crushed a rock on May 30, 2024. Several days later, Curiosity used a camera on the end of its robotic arm to take this image. A recent paper
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NASA seeks volunteers for a new year-round simulated mission to the Moon and Mars 0
- Human Research Program, Humans in Space, Johnson Space Center, Missions, SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- July 3, 2026
NASA is recruiting research participants for the agency’s next simulated deep space mission. Starting in August 2027, research volunteers will spend a year living and working in interplanetary environments at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, operating in the isolated conditions expected during crewed missions to the Moon or the Red Planet.Learning from this
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What’s Up: July 2026 NASA Skywatching Tips 0
- Comets, Earth's Moon, Mars, Rings of Saturn, Saturn, SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Skywatching, Skywatching Tips, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX, The Milky Way, The Solar System, Uranus
- July 3, 2026
A pre-dawn encounter between the Moon and the planets, the return of a comet, a great opportunity to see the Milky Way and Saturn’s rings from a new angle. July 7: last quarter moon July 11 + 12: Dawn alignment of the Moon, Mars, Saturn and Uranus July 14: New moon; The best dark sky
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NASA Announces Public-Private Partnership to Advance Mars Science 0
- Ames Research Center, Commercial Space, Mars, SCIENCE, Science Mission Directorate
- June 17, 2026
NASA Wednesday announced a new public‑private partnership to advance Mars science by combining the agency’s scientific leadership with commercial innovation. Under this model, NASA will provide the Aeolus atmospheric‑science instrument payload suite, while Relativity Space supplies the spacecraft, rocket, and cruise operations necessary to deliver the instruments to Mars. This partnership reflects NASA’s growing commitment
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NASA’s MAVEN Makes 1st Discovery of Atmospheric Effect at Mars 0
- Goddard Space Flight Center, Mars, MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN), SCIENCE, The Solar System
- May 18, 2026
In December 2023, scientists looking at Mars data stumbled across something completely unexpected — observations of an atmospheric effect never before seen in the Red Planet’s atmosphere. Using instruments aboard NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) mission, scientists identified a phenomenon known to occur in Earth’s magnetosphere, where charged particles are squeezed like toothpaste
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