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How NASA is simulating life on Mars

Before humans set foot on Mars, NASA must first understand how people can survive there. In the Mars Dune Alpha mission, astronauts live inside a simulated habitat designed to mimic the challenges of ...
NASA Mars rover makes discovery 'unlike anything we've seen before' ...
Nearly 14 years ago, NASA’s Curiosity rover landed on Mars for a mission to explore the red planet and discover if it had an ...
NASA is working to reestablish communication with MAVEN, the space agency's decade-old Mars orbiter, after it suddenly lost contact with Earth this week. In an update Tuesday, NASA said ground ...
NASA has lost contact with a spacecraft that has orbited Mars for more than a decade. Maven, an acronym for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, abruptly stopped communicating with ground stations ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has lost contact with a spacecraft that has orbited Mars for more than a decade. Maven abruptly stopped communicating to ground stations over the weekend. NASA said ...
NASA has lost contact with its MAVEN spacecraft, which has been orbiting Mars for over a decade. The loss of signal occurred on Dec. 6 as the orbiter passed behind Mars from Earth's perspective. MAVEN ...
This article originally appeared on The Conversation. Envision a time when hundreds of spacecraft are exploring the solar system and beyond. That’s the future that NASA’s ESCAPADE, or Escape and ...