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5 days ago · Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is a robotic space probe mission to Mars launched by NASA on November 26, 2011, which successfully landed Curiosity, a Mars rover, in Gale Crater on August 6, 2012. [3] [9] [10] [11] The overall objectives include investigating Mars' habitability , studying its climate and geology , and collecting data for a human mission to Mars . [12]
3 days ago · In Short. After spending more than a year in isolation, four volunteers are set to conclude NASA's groundbreaking Mars simulation mission on Saturday, July 6. The crew will exit their 1,700-square-foot, 3D-printed habitat at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, with NASA providing live coverage of this historic moment.
3 days ago · On July 3, 1998, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the Nozomi spacecraft on a mission to Mars. Discover more space history ...
4 days ago · July 2 (UPI) --The first volunteer crew, to live for more than a year inside NASA's Mars habitat at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, will exit the simulated Red Planet ground mission on Saturday.
3 days ago · Mars - Spacecraft, Exploration, Missions: Since the beginning of the space age, Mars has been a focus of planetary exploration for three main reasons: (1) it is the most Earth-like of the planets; (2) other than Earth, it is the planet most likely to have developed indigenous life; and (3) it will probably be the first extraterrestrial planet to be visited by humans.
4 days ago · Humanity's next science platform. Gateway is central to the NASA-led Artemis missions to return to the Moon for scientific discovery and chart a path for the first human missions to Mars and beyond. The small space station will be a multi-purpose outpost supporting lunar surface missions, science in lunar orbit, and human exploration further ...
3 days ago · Featured: Mission to Mars. Mars – Earth’s next-door neighbor, located “just” tens of millions of miles away. For decades, the idea of journeying to the Red Planet has fascinated humanity. Thanks to missions ranging from NASA’s first flybys in the 1960s to present-day land rover explorations on the Martian surface, we’ve collected ...
