NASA is sending probes to Mars to find out why it lost its atmosphere and what that could mean for Earth

The ESCAPADE mission, short for Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, is the first dual-satellite mission to ...

Bay Area scientists set to launch mission to Mars that could help pave way for human trips

“It’s a huge privilege to be leading a mission to Mars,” said Robert Lillis, the UC Berkeley planetary scientist leading the ...

NASA quietly sends two spacecraft to Mars — and they're going a new way

A NASA mission will send twin spacecraft to Mars to learn what happened to the Red Planet's ancient, thick atmosphere.

Here’s how orbital dynamics wizardry helped save NASA’s next Mars mission

ESCAPADE’s path through space, relative to the Earth, has the peculiar shape of a kidney bean. In the world of astrodynamics, ...

Meet Blue and Gold: NASA’s first twin satellites bound for Mars

ESCAPADE is overseen by the University of California Berkeley, who named the spacecraft’s onboard satellites Blue and Gold ...
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New 'exosuit' with artificial muscles could help astronauts explore the moon and Mars

A new "exosuit," tested during a two-week space analog mission last month in Australia run by the Austrian Space Forum, hopes ...

Head-Banging Racehorse Rocks Out to Bruno Mars Like a Boss

Chris Cornell's daughter Toni, Taylor Momsen and Brandi Carlisle stamped Soundgarden into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with a ...
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Mysterious Streaks on The Slopes of Mars Might Finally Be Solved

Streaks that form on the slopes of Mars, also known as recurring slope lineae (RSL), are a common feature on Mars.