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A private company will build and launch NASA's next Mars orbiter in 2028 — and it's not SpaceX

A California-based company will design, build and launch a spacecraft for NASA's Aeolus mission to orbit around Mars, where ...
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NASA pushes ESCAPADE Mars launch to 2025

Blue Origin’s towering New Glenn rocket, a partially reusable heavy-lift vehicle designed to compete in the high-stakes ...

Will NASA’s SkyFall Mars helicopter fleet sink science at the Red Planet?

NASA wants to send an ambitious fleet of helicopters to soar through Martian skies—but scientists fear the endeavor could ...

NASA picks Eric Schmidt’s rocket company for Mars mission, setting up a race with SpaceX

Relativity Space — a rocket maker acquired by former Google executive chair Eric Schmidt last year after stumbling on the ...

'A portal to Mars': October 2026 will open the window for SpaceX to launch Starship on the Red Planet

SpaceX plans to launch an uncrewed Starship Super Heavy to Mars in 2026, targeting the next Earth-Mars transfer window.
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NASA and Relativity Space join forces to launch a Mars science mission in 2028

NASA announced the partnership on June 17, 2026. Chief Jared Isaacman called it a "force multiplier" during an event at ...
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First Arab space mission to Mars launches from Japan

The first Arab space mission to Mars blasted off Monday aboard a rocket from Japan, after weather delays set back the launch of the probe dubbed “Hope.” A live feed of the launch showed the rocket ...