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Elon Musk announces SpaceX's Starship Mars mission in 2026

DW on MSN · 1h

SpaceX's Starship to leave for Mars end of 2026, Musk says

Despite recent failures, Elon Musk insisted the world's most powerful rocket will soon blast off to the Red Planet. The tech billionaire said human landings could begin before the end of the decade.

The Times of India on MSN · 4h

Humans on Mars by 2029? Elon Musk's SpaceX starship to head for the red planet by next year

SpaceX’s Starship is scheduled to go to Mars late next year with Tesla’s humanoid robot Optimus. Elon Musk suggested that human missions could commence by 2029 or 2031 if initial landings are successful.

SpaceX’s Starship Plan To Land First Humans On Mars, But Not Till 2031

Robert Zubrin, the planet’s leading strategist for landing humans on Mars, predicts SpaceX’s Starship will win the race to speed astronauts to Mars, but not until 2031.

Mars, Deimos and Hera

Space.com on MSN · 1d

Tiny Mars moon Deimos gets a rare close-up, thanks to Europe's Hera asteroid probe (photos)

The results of Hera's flyby could ultimately tell us whether Deimos is a captured asteroid or made from debris from a giant impact on Mars.

The New York Times · 1d

Mars Gets a Close-Up and a Photo Bomb as Europe’s Hera Mission Swoops Past

The Red Planet and its tiny moon Deimos were recorded at a very near distance as the asteroid-chasing spacecraft completed a flyby on Wednesday.

Smithsonian Magazine on MSN · 15h

Check Out These Rare Images of Deimos, One of Mars’ Mysterious Moons

Like our moon, Deimos is tidally locked to Mars, meaning the same side always faces the planet—the only side visible to rovers on the Martian surface. The only way to see Deimos’ far side up close is for a probe like Hera to fly behind it, making such images more of a rarity.

Space.com on MSN15h

'Poppy seeds' and 'leopard spots' on Mars could hint at ancient microbial life

An arrowhead-shaped rock on Mars sporting features that may hint at ancient microbial activity on the Red Planet has left ...

Scientific American22h

If Life on Mars Ever Existed, This Bizarre Rock May Tell Us

The intriguing chemistry of a rock collected by the Perseverance rover could trace to microbial activity—or not ...

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NASA knows exactly where to look on Mars for signs of life

Since its arrival on the Martian surface five years ago, NASA’s Perseverance rover has been busy scouring the Red Planet for ...

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Explore Mars with an archive of NASA’s best-ever images in a new Taschen book

Now, Mars. Photographs from the NASA Archive, a stunning new release from publisher Taschen, invites us on an extraordinary ...

1don MSNOpinion

Cuts to NASA’s budget could derail America’s Mars ambitions

Such major and arbitrary cuts to NASA’s budget would do very little to save money, but they will undercut and decimate one of ...

Legit.ng on MSN5d

Scientists Discover Rock On Mars That Could Help Uncover How Planets Formed 4.1 Billion Years Ago

The rock was discovered by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Perseverance rover. According to ...

TwistedSifter on MSN5d

New Study Suggests We Were Wrong About Why Mars Is Red. The Real Reason Gives Us Renewed Hope That Humans Could Live There Someday.

Thanks to the red shade its surface appears, we’ve long called Mars the Red Planet. But did you ever wonder why, in ...

Ever-Growing USA on MSN3d

How Long Does It Take to Reach Mars? Travel Times, Challenges, and Future Innovations

Reaching Mars is no simple feat. While the idea of sending humans to the Red Planet is gaining traction, the journey itself ...

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