Failure is more than an option in rocket science — it’s a necessity
The second attempt by Intuitive Machines to land on the moon and the eighth test of the SpaceX Starship, proved an old adage: ...
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Is it time to revisit what NASA's Viking lander found on Mars in 1976?
The most significant change since those 1970's experiments were conducted was the discovery of high levels of perchlorate on Mars. Perchlorate, plus abiotic oxidants, explains the Viking results and ...
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After signal loss, scientists wonder what happened to Europe's Mars lander
The U.K. attempted to send its Beagle 2 lander to the red planet with the ESA's Mars Express orbiter in 2003, however, the craft lost contact with Earth during its attempt. The fate of the Beagle ...
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Private Intuitive Machines moon lander declared dead after falling on its side in crater at the lunar south pole
After a day of uncertainty following a harrowing moon landing attempt, the company Intuitive Machines sealed the fate of its ...
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Mars lander sends photos from Red Planet's arctic
The twin to the Mars Polar Lander spacecraft ... as a dozen design flaws or malfunctions doomed the spacecraft. The failure of that mission, as well as another spacecraft called the Mars Climate ...
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Probe lands on Mars, NASA says
The twin to the Mars Polar Lander spacecraft ... as a dozen design flaws or malfunctions doomed the spacecraft. The failure of that mission, as well as another spacecraft called the Mars Climate ...