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The era NASA called “Faster, Better, Cheaper” started with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory agreeing to land something on Mars — cheaply — and to do it in a radically different way. The documentary film “The Pathfinders” tells the story of how…
The Delta II Program Team from NASA’s Launch Services Program (LSP) and United Launch Alliance (ULA) received The Nelson P. Jackson Aerospace Award for 2019 from the National Space Club and Foundation. Tim Dunn, NASA launch director, and Tory Bruno,…
When the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, or MAVEN, spacecraft arrived at the Red Planet on Sept. 21, it marked the continuation of exploration of one of Earth’s nearest celestial neighbors that began 50 years ago. In 1964, the Mariner…
After operating on the surface of Mars three times longer than expected and returning a tremendous amount of new information about the red planet, NASA’s Mars Pathfinder mission is winding down.
Mars Pathfinder successfully landed on the surface of Mars at 10:07:25 a.m. Pacific time, marking NASA’s historic return to the red planet after more than 20 years.