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NASA Tests Revolutionary Nuclear Propulsion Fuel That Could Take Humans to Mars in Just 45 Days

NASA has achieved a critical milestone in space exploration with the successful testing of advanced nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) reactor fuel at its Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). This breakthrough technology,

New Scientist · 6d

Human exploration of Mars is coming, says former NASA chief scientist

We have long been inspired by the idea that life could reside on Mars – human or otherwise. But fiction is getting closer to reality, says NASA’s former chief scientist, Jim Green. “NASA’s plan, in the long run,

Yahoo · 1d

New nuclear fuel withstands 4,220°F heat, will fly rockets to Mars in just 45 days

General Atomic's new nuclear fuel was subjected to the maximum heat of a reactor for 20 minutes in the latest tests.

IFLScience on MSN · 1d

Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Reactor Fuel That Could Take Humans To Mars Tested At NASA Facility

A new type of nuclear thermal propulsion reactor fuel has been successfully tested at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, with hopes that the fuel could take humans to Mars in the not-too-distant future.

Greek Reporter2h

The Problem With Sending People to Mars

The next logical progression to space exploration would be sending people to Mars, but there are challenges to this, such as ...

NASA teases bendable titanium wheels on future Mars rovers

Any vehicle traversing the rocky terrain on Mars needs a sturdy set of wheels. NASA’s Perseverance rover, for example, sports ...

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NASA built new tires for Mars. They're nothing like your tires.

The next Mars rovers may traverse the Red Planet with futuristic tires. NASA 's Glenn Research Center released imagery and footage from testing of a novel tire, called a shape memory alloy spring tire ...

India Today on MSN2h

Nasa develops new tyres with shape memory for Moon and Mars rovers

Shape memory alloys are metals that can return to their original shape after being bent, stretched, heated, and cooled.

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NASA’s Mars Rover Mission to Bring Samples Back Home From the Red Planet Is at Risk

An exploding budget and an unraveling schedule spell disappointment for NASA's mission to learn more about Mars's history.

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NASA seeks a faster way to bring Mars samples to Earth

NASA proposes a faster, cheaper plan to bring Mars samples to Earth, aiming for delivery by the 2030s while cutting costs ...

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Are those kidney beans? NASA spots odd formations on Mars

NASA recently released an overhead view of what appears to be massive kidney beans found on Mars' northern hemisphere. In ...

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Evidence of Life on Mars? NASA’s Bold Strategy to Recover the Proof

NASA unveils a groundbreaking approach to bring Martian rock samples back to Earth by 2026, introducing competition between ...

Business Insider13d

NASA scrapped its $11 billion scheme to grab Mars rocks that may point to alien life. Now it has a faster, cheaper plan.

The Perseverance rover is building up a stash of rocks on Mars that could contain the first-ever signs of alien life, but NASA is scrambling to figure out how it will bring them back to Earth for ...

Space.com7d

Deimos: Mars' smallest moon

Sometime in the distant past, an asteroid could have passed too close to Mars and been torn apart. A research team led by Jacob Kegerreis of NASA's Ames Research Center performed supercomputer ...

What Trump’s Pledge to Plant the U.S. Flag on Mars Really Means

The president’s Inaugural Address linked landing on the Red Planet with Manifest Destiny, but left many of the specifics ...

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