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Perseverance continues science mission amid uncertainty about Mars Sample Return

Perseverance continues science mission amid uncertainty about Mars Sample Return

SpaceNews December 26, 2025
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is continuing its mission to collect samples despite uncertainty about how, when or even if those samples will be re...
NASA team presses MAVEN recovery before Mars solar conjunction

NASA team presses MAVEN recovery before Mars solar conjunction

SpaceDaily December 26, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 26, 2025 NASA engineers continue attempts to regain contact with the MAVEN Mars orbiter, which last communicated with Earth...
Wind-Sculpted Landscapes: Investigating the Martian Megaripple 'Hazyview'

Wind-Sculpted Landscapes: Investigating the Martian Megaripple 'Hazyview'

SpaceDaily December 26, 2025
Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 26, 2025 While much of Perseverance's work focuses on ancient rocks that record Mars' long-lost rivers and lakes, megaripples ...
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4750-4762: See You on the Other Side of the Sun

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4750-4762: See You on the Other Side of the Sun

SpaceDaily December 26, 2025
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 26, 2025 As we all prepare for the holiday season here on Earth, we have been planning a few last activities before Curiosity ...
Europa Clipper spectrograph tracks interstellar comet 3I ATLAS

Europa Clipper spectrograph tracks interstellar comet 3I ATLAS

SpaceDaily December 22, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 19, 2025 The Southwest Research Institute-led Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) aboard NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft has...
Search for life should be top science priority for first human landing on Mars report says

Search for life should be top science priority for first human landing on Mars report says

SpaceDaily December 22, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 22, 2025 The search for evidence of past or present life on Mars should be the highest scientific priority for the first hu...
NASA loses contact with MAVEN, Perseverance continues roving around Jezero

NASA loses contact with MAVEN, Perseverance continues roving around Jezero

NASASpaceflight December 21, 2025
In early December, NASA lost contact with its MAVEN spacecraft, which has been orbiting Mars… The post NASA loses contact with MAVEN, Perseverance ...
Wind-Sculpted Landscapes: Investigating the Martian Megaripple ‘Hazyview’

Wind-Sculpted Landscapes: Investigating the Martian Megaripple ‘Hazyview’

NASA December 20, 2025
Written by Noah Martin, Ph.D. student and Candice Bedford, Research Scientist at Purdue University While much of Perseverance’s work focuses on anci...
NASA Johnson’s 2025 Milestones

NASA Johnson’s 2025 Milestones

NASA December 19, 2025
NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston closed 2025 with major progress across human spaceflight, research, and exploration. From Artemis II mission ...
Trump shifts priority to Moon mission, not Mars

Trump shifts priority to Moon mission, not Mars

SpaceDaily December 19, 2025
Washington, United States (AFP) Dec 19, 2025 US President Donald Trump on Thursday confirmed that he wants to send astronauts back to the Moon as s...
Perseverance rover cleared for long distance Mars exploration

Perseverance rover cleared for long distance Mars exploration

SpaceDaily December 18, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 18, 2025 After nearly five years operating inside Mars Jezero Crater, NASA's Perseverance rover has logged almost 25 mil...
Hi ya! Hyha

Hi ya! Hyha

NASA December 18, 2025
Written by Margaret Deahn, Ph.D. student at Purdue University  NASA’s Mars 2020 rover is currently trekking towards exciting new terrain. After rou...
NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Ready to Roll for Miles in Years Ahead

NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Ready to Roll for Miles in Years Ahead

NASA December 17, 2025
After nearly five years on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover has traveled almost 25 miles (40 kilometers), and the mission team has been busy testing ...
HiRISE camera aboard Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter passes 100000 image milestone

HiRISE camera aboard Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter passes 100000 image milestone

SpaceDaily December 17, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2025 After nearly two decades in orbit around Mars, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has logged the 100,000t...
Through Astronaut Eyes: 25 Years of Life in Orbit

Through Astronaut Eyes: 25 Years of Life in Orbit

NASA December 16, 2025
After 25 years of continuous human presence in space, the International Space Station remains a training and proving ground for deep space missions, e...
One of NASA’s Key Cameras Orbiting Mars Takes 100,000th Image

One of NASA’s Key Cameras Orbiting Mars Takes 100,000th Image

NASA December 16, 2025
Mesas and dunes stand out in the view snapped by HiRISE, one of the imagers aboard the agency’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. After nearly 20 years a...
GoMars model simulates Martian dust storms to improve mission safety

GoMars model simulates Martian dust storms to improve mission safety

SpaceDaily December 16, 2025
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 16, 2025 Researchers in China have used a Mars general circulation model to simulate 50 years of Martian dust activity, aimin...
MAVEN telemetry shows changes to spacecraft orbit and rotation

MAVEN telemetry shows changes to spacecraft orbit and rotation

SpaceNews December 16, 2025
New analysis suggests that problems with NASA’s MAVEN Mars orbiter may be more serious than a simple communications glitch. The post MAVEN telemetr...
NextSTEP-3 B: Moon to Mars Architecture Studies

NextSTEP-3 B: Moon to Mars Architecture Studies

NASA December 15, 2025
Notice ID: M2M-MSFC-0001 NAICS Codes: NASA seeks industry-led architecture concept development, concept refinement studies, and risk-reduction activit...
MetaSeismic material mitigates vibration and shock in NASA Marshall testing

MetaSeismic material mitigates vibration and shock in NASA Marshall testing

SpaceNews December 15, 2025
SAN FRANCISCO – University of California spinoff MetaSeismic wasn’t focused on space applications when it began using an artificial intelligence ...