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September 11, 2024

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[ September 9, 2024 ] SpaceX surmounts challenging weather, launches Polaris Dawn astronaut mission Falcon 9
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NASA studies mission to return samples from Mars by end of 2020s

August 28, 2017 Stephen Clark

NASA is examining options to launch a robotic mission as soon as 2026 to pick up rock specimens from the surface of Mars and bring them back to Earth, moving forward the timeline for a sample return mission as the agency postpones plans for a new Mars reconnaissance and data relay orbiter.

Mars entry testbed to fly Monday after weather delays

June 7, 2015 Stephen Clark

NASA is gearing up to fly a balloon-launched, rocket-powered test vehicle from Hawaii on Monday to wring out the design of a new supersonic parachute and entry probe scientists hope to use on Mars one day.