NASA has launched a new competition that aims to identify ways to convert carbon dioxide into energy-rich sugars that that may be used by astronauts to meet various needs during Mars missions.
MoreDefense officials at the 2018 DoDIIS Worldwide Conference have said the U.S. military is set to leverage a new data analytics system that will help modernize intelligence databases and accelerate data processing
MoreLisa Pratt, recently appointed planetary protection officer at NASA, has said her near-term priorities include the Mars 2020 rover mission and InSight Mars lander mission that is set to take off May
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NASA has performed tests at the Department of Energy‘s Nevada National Security Site for a compact nuclear power system built to support long missions conducted on Mars, Reuters reported Friday. The testing began November
MorePresident Donald Trump has signed a new directive that would direct the NASA administrator to oversee an exploration program with the private sector and international partners to facilitate the return of humans
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NASA has chosen a science instrument that will support a Japan-led sample return mission to Mars’ two moons, Phobos and Deimos. The Mars Moons eXploration mission will be launched in 2024 to visit the
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NASA will test an energy source that could power human crews on the surface of Mars and energize habitats along with processing equipment that can convert resources from the Red Planet into
MoreNASA plans to incorporate a total of 23 cameras into the Mars 2020 Rover system designed to investigate the red planetâs atmosphere and support science instruments as part of the exploration mission. The space
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NASA is looking into a Mars sample return mission that would collect Martian rocks and transport them to Earth in the late 2020s, Space News reported Monday. Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA associate administrator
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Vice President Mike Pence has said the Trump administration seeks to redirect NASA‘s focus toward human space exploration, including flights to the moon and Mars, Space News reported Thursday. Pence said in
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