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  • Scientists Make Case for Sending Astronauts to Mars
    December 9, 2025
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    Scientists Make Case for Sending Astronauts to Mars

    The primary scientific goal for human Mars missions is to definitively answer whether life has ever existed there, as only astronauts can perform the sophisticated, adaptive fieldwork needed for a conclusive search. A new National Academies strategy report prioritizes this search for life and out...

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  • Orbital Dynamics Saves NASA's Next Mars Mission
    November 13, 2025
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    Orbital Dynamics Saves NASA's Next Mars Mission

    NASA's ESCAPADE Mars mission was saved from cancellation by an innovative orbital trajectory that allows it to launch outside the standard Mars transfer windows, using a loiter orbit to wait for planetary alignment. The mission will launch on Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, which offers excess ca...

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