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June 15, 2021

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[ June 15, 2021 ] Live coverage: Minotaur 1 rocket set for launch from Virginia Mission Reports
[ June 14, 2021 ] Minotaur rocket set to launch top secret satellites from Virginia Mission Reports
[ June 13, 2021 ] Pegasus rocket successful in responsive launch demonstration Mission Reports
[ June 13, 2021 ] ESA selects radar probe to join armada of Venus missions News
[ June 13, 2021 ] China launches four satellites on Long March 2D rocket Mission Reports

NASA eyes ion engines for Mars orbiter launching in 2022

March 3, 2015

NASA officials want the agency’s next Mars orbiter to pull double duty as a communications relay station for a fleet of surface landers and as a trailblazer for a future round-trip sample return mission and human expeditions to the red planet.

Rover data suggest Mars crater once contained long-lived lake

December 10, 2014

Scientists analyzing imagery from NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover believe sediments left by an ancient lake more than three billion years ago formed a towering mountain that is set to be the robot’s research subject for the rest of its mission on the red planet.