Mission to Mars

NASA Establishes New Office for Artemis 2 and Future Moon Missions Planning

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NASA Establishes New Office for Artemis 2 and Future Moon Missions Planning

The core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will launch NASA’s Artemis 2 mission. Image: NASA/Michael DeMocker SPACE — In preparation for the enhanced Artemis 2 mission, the United States Agency (NASA) has established a new office. The office is a congressional mandate tasked with overseeing planning for the Artemis 2 mission … Read more

NASA lander records largest earthquake on Mars

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NASA lander records largest earthquake on Mars

InSight continues to detect earthquake waves for approximately 10 hours. Usually, the aftereffects of all previous earthquakes on Mars subsided within an hour. “The energy released by this single Martian earthquake is equivalent to the cumulative energy of all the other Martian earthquakes we have seen so far,” said John Clinton, a seismologist at the … Read more