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Viking 1 at 50 Reignites Mars Life Debate and Shapes Next Missions

New analyses of Viking data with recent organic detections prompt calls for unmanned life searches to protect potential Martian biosignatures ahead of human missions.

NASA Audit Finds Lingering Starliner Failures That Threaten Certification

NASA Names Artemis III Crew for 2027 Orbital Dress Rehearsal

Artemis II Heat Shield Shows Reduced Damage in First NASA Review

Two Candidate Sites for Long‑Lost Luna 9 Flagged in LRO Images by AI and Crowdsourced Sleuthing

Juno Sounding Finds Europa’s Outer Ice Layer Averages 18 Miles Thick in Surveyed Region

MAVEN Still Silent as Data Point to Unexpected Spin and Possible Orbit Change

NASA Scales Back Dream Chaser ISS Deal, Requiring Free‑Flight Demo and Dropping Guaranteed Missions