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NASA Resuscitates Psyche Asteroid Mission After Missing Its Launch
A NASA mission to explore one of the most intriguing objects in the asteroid belt is getting a second chance. The Psyche mission is now targeting a launch period in 2023 after missing its initial window this year due to development delays.
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NASA’s InSight Lander Sends Back Stunning Image Of The Martian Horizon
NASA’s InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) probe successfully completed its soft landing on Mars on Monday after a six-month, 300 million mile journey. And it’s already sending back photos of the desolate Red Planet from its landing site on the Elysium Planitia, courtesy of a post on the lander’s official…
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NASA’s Odyssey Takes Its First Picture Of Martian Moon Phobos After 16 Years
The Odyssey orbiter has been hovering above Mars, photographing its surface and taking data for 16 years now. There’s seemingly infinite combinations of things to study and instruments to study them with — this time, all NASA had to do was turn the camera around.
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Curiosity Rover’s Trove Of Mineral Data Reveals Secrets Of Mars’ ‘Ancient Water’
When it’s not taking selfies or lamenting its mobility situation, Curiosity is finding the wonderful and amazing on that dustball we call Mars. The rover’s latest achievement? Collecting mineral samples that have helped NASA deduce that Mars has had very “diverse environments” over its history.