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How nuclear propulsion could get us to Mars in just 3 months

Human crews headed for Mars are still looking at journeys that last most of a year, long enough for radiation, boredom and ...
Ars Technica

Here’s how orbital dynamics wizardry helped save NASA’s next Mars mission

Blue Origin scrubbed Sunday’s launch attempt due to poor weather, a cruise ship in restricted waters near the launch site, and ground system issues. The company says the next available launch ...
SpaceNews

How carrying enough water to make return-trip propellant simplifies a Starship mission to Mars

The idea of a human mission to explore Mars has been studied repeatedly over the past 75 years. More than 1,000 piloted Mars mission studies were conducted inside and outside NASA between about 1950 ...
PBS

NASA’s latest ESCAPADE is sending twin low-cost orbiters to examine Mars’ atmosphere

This article originally appeared on The Conversation. Envision a time when hundreds of spacecraft are exploring the solar system and beyond. That’s the future that NASA’s ESCAPADE, or Escape and ...