Mission to Mars: how space exploration pushes the human body to its limits

Spaceflight rewires the human body. Muscles shrink, bones thin and fluids shift towards the brain – but these changes may ...
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Blue Origin fires up powerful New Glenn rocket ahead of NASA Mars mission launch (video)

The second-ever liftoff of Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket is approaching as the launch vehicle undergoes final ...
Space.com

Blue Origin now targeting mid-October for launch of twin NASA Mars probes on 2nd-ever New Glenn rocket

A static hot-fire test for New Glenn's first stage is expected early next month. Preparations for the second-ever launch of Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket are underway on Florida's Space ...
UPI

NASA's ESCAPADE craft returns to Florida for fall mission to Mars

Sept. 23 (UPI) --NASA officials say its Mars-bound ESCAPADE spacecraft is back in Florida and is being prepped for its scheduled launch this fall. NASA's twin spacecrafts of its Escape and Plasma ...
The Hill

Samples before space suits: America must be smart about its mission to Mars

On day one of this administration, the president included his ambitions for Mars in his inaugural address, and again several weeks later to a joint session of Congress: “We are going to conquer the ...
CNN

NASA selects 10 new astronauts as it chases bold plans for the moon and Mars

NASA on Monday introduced the 10 people — selected from a pool of 8,000 applicants — who will join the agency’s astronaut corps as it races to return to the moon before attempting an unprecedented ...