Curiosity drills its 49th hole on Mars, in a rock crowded with what may be crystal shapes
NASA's rover team chose the Nazca block for its disc- and needle-shaped forms, which one idea says grew as crystals. Lab results were still to come.
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Missions
Crewed and robotic missions: the space station, the Moon, Mars and the probes exploring the rest of the solar system.
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NASA's second yearlong simulated Mars mission ends after 378 days in a Houston habitat
Four volunteers left NASA's mock Mars habitat in Houston on October 31 after 378 days; nobody left Earth. Two weeks of debriefs follow, NASA says.
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