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NASA is expanding its plans for Mars, looking at not only a mission to bring back a sample but also smaller, lower-cost missions to enable exploration.

Nine companies have been selected to conduct early-stage studies of concepts for commercial services to support lower-cost, higher-frequency missions to the

Officials with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration will pay nine companies between $200,000 and $300,000 each to conduct a dozen tests to support future missions to Mars.

Dr. Charles Buhler and Exodus Technologies claims that systems with electrostatic pressure differences or electrostatic divergent fields gives systems with a

Veteran filmmaker Jan Millsapps has covered a variety of topics in her career, from domestic violence and global terrorism to the roles of females in space exploration.

Ingenuitys broken helicopter blade has been spotted on Mars. The little chopper made a hard landing on Jan. 18 and is grounded forever.

NASA confirmed to Snopes that the image was real, but it depicted a rather mundane object.

New observations by NASA's Perseverance rover show just how much damage Ingenuity sustained on its final Mars flight.

“To spend more than that amount, with no final legislation in place, would be unwise,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said.

"These cuts are among the most challenging that we have had to make even as we have sought to reduce our spending in recent months."