NASA Fires Up Record-Breaking Plasma Thruster for Future Mars Missions

NASA just tested a blazing-hot plasma engine that could help carry humans to Mars.

A researcher may have found a shortcut to Mars as NASA eyes red planet

A researcher says he found a possible shortcut to Mars that would halve the time it takes to travel to the planet and back to ...
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NASA just tested a powerful new thruster that could send humans to Mars

A powerful new electromagnetic thruster has taken a major step forward after a successful high-energy test at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Fueled by lithium vapor and driven by intense magnetic ...

Scientists Stunned by New Organic Molecules Found on Mars

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover took this selfie at a location nicknamed “Mary Anning” after a 19th century English ...
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NASA tests confirm next-generation Mars rotors can safely break the sound barrier

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has successfully tested new rotor blades that surpassed the ...
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Could this fungus live on Mars? Maybe it already does

An almost unkillable fungal strain isolated from NASA’s ultrasterile clean rooms hints at “critical gaps” in interplanetary ...