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The NASA InSight mission to Mars has been postponed from its scheduled 06 March 2016 launch due to a problem with the seismometer. The next launch window would be in May of 2018. More...
Hayabusa 2 flew by Earth on Thursday, 03 December 2015 for a gravity assist and is now heading to a June 2018 encounter with asteroid Ryugu.
A news briefing on the role played by solar wind in stripping away Mars' atmosphere was held with the MAVEN team on Thursday, 05 November 2015 at 2:00 p.m. EST. More...
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