SpaceX’s Starship Could Save NASA’s Beleaguered Mars Sample Return Mission

Facing budgetary pressure for its Mars Sample Return program, NASA has turned to private industry for ideas—perhaps with one specific company in mind ... Read More

Mars landing: Excitement builds over new images from Nasa Perseverance rover

Nasa rover in 'great shape ... Perseverance's mast, with its main camera system, must be raised. The software that got the vehicle to Mars's surface must also now be exchanged for a software ... Read More

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Confirmation of Ancient Lake on Mars Builds Excitement for Perseverance Rover's Samples Jan. 26, 2024 — Ground-penetrating radar on board NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has confirmed that the ... Read More

NASA Mars Revamp Opens Doors to Space Startups

The space agency's administrator signaled a rethink on a decades-long, $11 billion project to retrieve samples from the Red Planet because it was too slow and too expensive. Read More

NASA Mars Helicopter’s Final Message Home Was A Touching Tribute

The Ingenuity Mars helicopter won't fly again and will no longer talk to NASA's Perseverance rover, but the plucky rotorcraft sent back a sweet farewell message to Earth. Read More

Nasa 2020 robot rover to target Jezero 'lake' crater

The American space agency (Nasa) says it will send its 2020 Mars ... Nasa's science chief. "Depending on how the details come out, it could be in the early 2030s," he explained. The 2020 rover ... Read More

This gorgeous 360-degree video from NASA’s Mars lander will take your breath away

NASA’s Mars 2020 mission ... rover on Mars, as captured by the rover’s color Navigation Cameras, or Navcams,” NASA explains. “The Navcams are on the remote sensing mast (or “head ... Read More

NASA: Mars Perseverance rover goes on its first ride across planet’s terrain

"NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance ... "Once the rover begins pursuing its science goals, regular commutes extending 656 feet (200 meters) or more are expected." Commenting on the news, NASA ... Read More

NASA’s Perseverance rover is coming together, virus or no virus

NASA’s Mars 2020 mission is still a go, despite the growing public health crisis in the United States and abroad. The launch of the Perseverance rover has been planned for years now and is ... Read More

Impressive pictures from the Perseverance rover successful landing in Mars

Less than a day after NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover ... mast with two science cameras: the zoomable Mastcam-Z and a laser instrument called SuperCam. The mast is scheduled to be raised ... Read More

SLU Alumnus Is Helping Send Perseverance Rover to Mars

A two-time graduate of Saint Louis University is playing a leading role in sending NASA’s most powerful rover to the Red Planet to seek signs of ancient life as part of the space agency’s Mars 2020 ... Read More

NASA is seeking a faster and cheaper way to bring Mars samples to Earth

NASA is seeking a faster, cheaper way to bring rock samples from Mars to Earth. In the meantime, the space agency says the effort is on hold. Read More