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Never-before-seen 'extreme' microbes surrounded NASA robot before it was sent to Mars 18 years ago, new study reveals
DNA analysis has revealed that 26 novel species of "extremophile" bacteria were lurking in a clean room that housed NASA's ...
A decade after the release of 'The Martian,' a planetary scientist checks in on real-life Mars exploration
Andy Weir's bestselling story "The Martian" predicts that by 2035 NASA will have landed humans on Mars three times, perfected ...
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Not-so-clean rooms: Scientists discover 26 new microbe species in NASA spacecraft facility
Scientists from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California, along with researchers in India and Saudi ...
NASA 'cleanrooms' found crawling with 26 new bacterial species
A new study reports that 26 new bacterial species were found growing inside cleanrooms associated with NASA space missions.
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Trump's 2026 budget plan would cancel NASA's Mars Sample Return mission. Experts say that's a 'major step back'
"To decide not to return them, or to put it off to an indefinite future time with human missions would be to take a major ...
Scientists May Have Found a Massive Ocean of Water Deep Beneath Mars’ Surface
Beneath Mars’ barren crust, scientists may have found a hidden oasis—liquid water, deep below, waiting to reshape our view of ...
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26 unknown bacterial species found in 'clean rooms' used to prep NASA's Phoenix Mars lander
In a surprising discovery, scientists found 26 new bacteria species thriving in NASA's spacecraft clean rooms, designed to prevent contamination on Mars missions. These resilient extremophiles ...
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NASA 'cleanrooms' found crawling with 26 new bacterial species
Specifically, scientists looked in the cleanrooms used to prepare the Phoenix Mars lander for its launch in August 2007. In the study, scientists analyzed microorganisms growing in the NASA ...