NASA Mars Mission

• NASA Mars rover to blast off Thursday, chasing China and United Arab Emirates

  The U.S. space agency's $2.4 billion Perseverance mission is expected to reach Mars next February.

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  Jul 30, 2020
  
• Alberta-based scientist part of NASA Mars probe looking for signs of life

  Chris Herd of the University of Alberta is one of the advisers on a Mars probe that is to pick up rocks on the red planet, study them, then seal them away to be picked up on a later mission.

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  Jul 28, 2020
  
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• Trump directs NASA to send Americans to the Moon, lay foundations for Mars mission

  "This time we will not only plant our flag and leave our footprint."

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  Dec 11, 2017
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• Mars researchers emerge after 8 months of isolation on Hawaii volcano

  The NASA-backed crew are part of a study designed to understand the psychological impacts of long-term space missions to places like Mars.

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  Sep 17, 2017