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The European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter captured this view of Mars’ south polar ice cap Feb. 25, 2015. Three years later, the spacecraft detected a signal from the area to the right of the ice cap that scientists interpreted as an underground lake.

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CHAPEA mission 2 crew members (from left) Ross Elder, Ellen Ellis, Matthew Montgomery, and James Spicer, pose in front of the door to the simulated Martian landscape for their first photo inside the CHAPEA habitat after their mission began in October 2025

CHAPEA Crew Begins Stay Inside NASA’s Mars Habitat for Second Mission

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NASA, NOAA Rank 2025 Ozone Hole as 5th Smallest Since 1992

NASA, NOAA Rank 2025 Ozone Hole as 5th Smallest Since 1992

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NASA’s Roman Observatory Passes Spate of Key Tests

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CHAPEA Crew Begins Stay Inside NASA’s Mars Habitat for Second Mission

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NASA Orbiter Shines New Light on Long-Running Martian Mystery

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Amendment 24: F.10 Payloads and Research Investigations on the Surface of the Moon (PRISM) Due Dates Reset and Other Changes.

Amendment 24: F.10 Payloads and Research Investigations on the Surface of the Moon (PRISM) Due Dates Reset and Other Changes.

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