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NASA launches twin spacecraft to solve the mystery of Mars’ lost atmosphere

Mars didn’t always look like the barren world we see today. Over billions of years, the Sun’s solar wind stripped away much of its atmosphere, helping transform it from a warmer, wetter planet into a ...

Mars Was Once Warm and Wet. NASA’s ESCAPADE Is About to Learn What Went Wrong

NASA’s twin ESCAPADE spacecraft will uncover how the Sun stripped Mars of its atmosphere. Mars is a very different world ...

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Discovers Spiderweb Ridges on Mars That Hint at Ancient Water

A rugged Martian landscape that resembles a vast spiderweb when seen from orbit is offering new insights into the planet’s ...
NBC New York

A NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars may be dead

For nearly a month, NASA has been scrambling to make contact with a spacecraft in orbit around Mars that abruptly fell silent. The space agency lost communication with the MAVEN probe (short for Mars ...