NASA's Perseverance rover has discovered the largest deposit of organic carbon near the surface of Mars' rocks. Its origins—biological or abiotic—remain unclear.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman described Blue Origin's recovery efforts after its May test anomaly as "next to miraculous," while emphasizing the agency has until 2027 before its lunar lander mission. NASA is also considering alternative rockets.
NASA is considering sending "Promise," a full-scale test model of the Mars rover Perseverance, to the Moon, equipped with a nuclear MMRTG to accelerate South Pole exploration.
NASA plans to launch the nuclear-powered spacecraft "Space Reactor-1 Freedom" for Mars exploration by 2028 and deploy a small lunar reactor by 2030, highlighting nuclear energy as a new cornerstone technology for space exploration.
A NASA Inspector General report warns that Kennedy Space Center's aging infrastructure cannot meet the high-frequency launch demands of SpaceX's Starship and Blue Origin's New Glenn. Serious issues with nitrogen supply and power systems loom large.
NASA's Perseverance rover has traveled the marathon distance of 26.2 miles in just five years, uncovering traces of an ancient lake on Mars.
A long-running, behind-the-scenes dispute between NASA and Roscosmos over cracks in a Russian ISS module has escalated.
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