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Scientists Finally Know the Exact Time on Mars With A Bit of Help From Einstein

This temporal lag is a direct consequence of Albert Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity. The rule is simple: the weaker ...
The New York Times

Almost Everything About NASA’s Latest Mission to Mars Is Unusual

The ESCAPADE mission, which launched to space on a Blue Origin rocket on Thursday, breaks the mold of how planetary science missions typically come together. By Kenneth Chang Kenneth Chang went to ...
ABC News

NASA is sending probes to Mars to find out why it lost its atmosphere – and what that could mean for Earth

The mission will be the second launch of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket. Mars is a cold, dry, desert-like planet. But billions of years ago, scientific evidence suggests that it had a thick atmosphere ...
Space.com

Next stop, not Mars: Why NASA's twin ESCAPADE probes are taking the long way to the Red Planet after Blue Origin launch

For the first time in more than five years, humanity has launched a mission to Mars — but it won't be arriving at the Red Planet anytime soon. NASA's twin ESCAPADE probes launched Thursday (Nov. 13) ...
Phys.org

NASA's ESCAPADE mission to Mars—twin satellites dubbed Blue and Gold will launch in early November

The first dual-satellite mission to another planet, NASA's ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers), is scheduled for launch no earlier than Sunday, Nov. 9, from Cape Canaveral ...
Phys.org

Evidence of ancient underground water reveals Mars may have stayed habitable longer than believed

Scientists from New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) have uncovered new evidence that water once flowed beneath the surface of Mars, revealing that the planet may have remained habitable for life ...
CNN

Landmark Mars mission and first big test for Jeff Bezos’ New Glenn rocket is delayed by weather

New Glenn, the towering orbital rocket that Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin designed to compete with SpaceX’s dominant Falcon rockets, is back for its second launch ever — this time with a job to send twin ...
The New York Times

Blue Origin Scrubs Launch of NASA’s ESCAPADE Mission to Mars

The second flight of the orbital rocket from Jeff Bezos’s space company was halted by weather. The company may try again on Wednesday. By Kenneth Chang Kenneth Chang reported on the first flight of ...
Scientific American

Blue Origin’s NASA Launch to Mars Is a Shot across the Bow for SpaceX

Blue Origin successfully launched—and partially landed—its New Glenn rocket on Thursday. The achievement marks a major step forward in the company’s bid to rival SpaceX as a reliable provider of ...
SpaceNews

New Glenn launches NASA’s ESCAPADE Mars mission, lands booster

WASHINGTON — Blue Origin successfully launched a NASA Mars mission on the second flight of its New Glenn booster Nov. 13, landing the vehicle’s first stage in the process. New Glenn lifted off on the ...
Space.com

Blue Origin lands huge New Glenn rocket booster for 1st time after acing Mars ESCAPADE launch for NASA

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket just launched an interplanetary mission on its second-ever flight — and aced an epic landing at sea. NASA's two-spacecraft ESCAPADE Mars mission is now en route to the ...
CNN

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches landmark Mars mission in New Glenn rocket’s first big test

Blue Origin, the rocket company founded by Amazon multibillionaire Jeff Bezos, launched its towering New Glenn rocket on a mission that marked its first major test. Carrying a pair of satellites that ...