NASA-backed mission aims to land on Mars moon, bring samples home

NASA is part of a Japan-led mission known as MMX that in the coming days could send an uncrewed spacecraft toward Mars to ...
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Windblown yardangs on Mars | Space photo of the day for Oct. 15, 2026

Martian sands blown by strong winds left rippled ridges on the surface of the Red Planet, as seen in this new image from the ...

Mars’s Strangest Cloud Just Got Even Stranger

Mars Express can capture large stretches of the Martian surface at high resolution. Alongside ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter ...

How did Mars get its moons? Japan’s MMX space mission aims to solve the puzzle

Soon, a Japanese-led space mission called Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) will begin its hunt for the answer. On Monday ...

Watch live as NASA gives update on mission to send lander to Mars moons

NASA officials will give an update today (Oct. 15) on an upcoming Japan-led mission to send a spacecraft to Mars' two moons, ...
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28 Miles and Counting: NASA’s Perseverance Rover Sets a Mars Driving Record

Advances in self-driving technology have made it easier to traverse distant worlds. In Photos and Video Advances in self-driving technology have made it easier to traverse distant worlds. In Photos ...
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Mars moon mission set to launch with tech funded by Planetary Society on board

The first mission to land on a moon of Mars could launch as soon as Oct. 19, carrying with it a sample collection instrument ...
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SpaceX's Starship just turned 10 years old. When will it go to Mars?

A decade after Elon Musk publicly unveiled plans for the fully reusable megarocket, Starship has reached orbit. How far away ...