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2022 spending request would boost civilian but cut defense research

A state-of-the-art Thales laser is performing a vital function onboard NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover. Melissa Bradshaw reports

Touchdown! NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover Safely Lands on Red Planet NASA’s Perseverance Rover Lands Successfully on Mars: After a seven-month-long journey, NASA’s Perseverance Rover successfully touched down on the Red Planet on Feb. 18, 2021. Mission controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California celebrate landing NASA’s fifth — and most ambitious — rover on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Download video › The agency’s latest and most complex mission ...

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 23:06 UTC © CC BY 2.0 / Kevin Gill / MarsTechWhile Perseverance rover is rolling over the Red Planet studying its geology and taking fancy selfies with the help of the Ingenuity helicopter, researchers back on Earth are looking forward to welcome and investigating the first Martian soil samples in the upcoming years. Bringing rocks from the Marian surface to Earth does not seem very exciting to a small group of enthusiasts from The International Committee Against Mars Sample R...

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Mars rocks brought back to Earth could spark Martian plague, scientists fear A planned mission to bring potentially life-bearing rocks from the Martian surface to Earth runs the risk of bringing about a deadly "Martian plague" from which we have no defence Updated NASAs Perseverance Mars rover is the biggest, heaviest, most advanced vehicle sent to the Red Planet (Image: via REUTERS) The Daily Stars FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxInvalid...

Why Mars? The fascination with exploring the red planet The mystique of Mars is one that humans can’t seem to resist. The red planet has easily captured our interest for centuries, heavily featured in science fiction books and films and the subject of robotic exploration since the 1960s. In February, three spacecraft arrived at Mars after departing from different launch points on Earth in July. These myriad missions seek to understand our planetary neighbor and unlock the secrets of its past ...

President Joe Biden has submitted a $1.5 trillion budget request that includes $24.7 billion for NASA during 2022, which is part of the budget’s discretionary spending that needs to be passed by Congress each year.

Published April 12. 2021 1:42PM  Richard Tribou, Tribune Content Agency President Joe Biden submitted on Friday a $1.5 trillion budget request that includes $24.7 billion for NASA for 2022. The ask is part of the budget’s discretionary spending, which needs to be passed by Congress each year. The requested funding if approved would be $1.5 billion more than the funding for 2021, a 6.3% increase. “This $24.7 billion funding request demonstrates the Biden Administration’s commitment to NAS...

Part of that includes landing the first woman and first person of color on the moon under the Artemis program.