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This image provided by NASA shows four-in-one photos of Mars taken by NASA's Maven spacecraft that's been orbiting the red planet since 2014? Maven is no more, NASA just declared it dead. (NASA via AP)

NASA declares its Mars Maven spacecraft dead after six months of silence

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

The sun rises behind SpaceX's mega rocket Starship as it is prepared for a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Friday, May 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

SpaceX launches its biggest, most beefed-up Starship yet on a test flight

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman speaks to The Washington Times at the Space Symposium 2026 conference in Colorado Springs. (David Gordon/The Washington Times)

WATCH: NASA fast-tracks nuclear-powered spaceship, aims for interplanetary travel in 2028

By John T. Seward - The Washington Times

Mexico ruling party works out leadership dispute on 3rd try

Associated Press

Illustration on the vital space race against China by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Time to get American astronauts back to the moon and then Mars before China can

By Brandon J. Weichert

President Donald Trump, accompanied by Apollo 11 astronaut Micheal Collins, left, Eric "Rick" Armstrong, son of Neil Armstrong, second from left, with Vice President Mike Pence and first lady Melania Trump, listens during a photo opportunity commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, July 19, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump, NASA heroes discuss mission to Mars

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump waves to the crowd as he leaves an Independence Day celebration in front of the Lincoln Memorial, Thursday, July 4, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

EDITORIAL: With Trump promise to land on Mars, space race is on again

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

This illustration made available by NASA in March 2018 shows the twin Mars Cube One project (MarCO) spacecrafts flying over Mars with Earth and the sun in the distance. The MarCOs will be the first CubeSats, a kind of modular, mini-satellite, flown into deep space. They're designed to fly along behind NASA's InSight lander on its cruise to Mars. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP)

Big test coming up for tiny satellites trailing Mars lander

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

This composite image made from a series of June 15, 2018 photos shows a self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover in the Gale Crater. The rover's arm which held the camera was positioned out of each of the dozens of shots which make up the mosaic. A dust storm has reduced sunlight and visibility at the rover's location. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP)

NASA hopes Opportunity will ‘phone home’ as Mars dust storm settles

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

This composite image made from observations by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft shows a global map of Mars with a growing dust storm as of June 6, 2018. The storm was first detected on June 1. The blue dot at center indicates the approximate location of the Opportunity rover. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS via AP)

NASA rover knocked out as gigantic dust storm envelops Mars

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

This image provided by NASA shows the inner slope of a Martian crater which has several of the seasonal dark streaks called &quot;recurrent slope lineae,&quot; or RSL, that a November 2017 report interprets as granular flows, rather than darkening due to flowing water. Arizona scientists said Monday, Nov. 20, 2017 that these lines appear more like dry, steep flows of sand, rather than water trickling downhill, at or near the surface. (NASA via AP)

Mars theory gets dusted: Streaks may be sand, not water

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

In this 2017 photo released by the University of Hawaii crew members of Mission V, walk up hill with a cart next to the university’s facility Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) at the Mauna Loa volcano, Big Island, Hawaii. After eight months of living in isolation on a remote Hawaii volcano, six NASA-backed space psychology research subjects will emerge from their Mars-like habitat on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017. The participants are in a study designed to better understand the psychological impacts of a long-term manned mission to space on astronauts. NASA hopes to send humans to Mars by the 2030s. (University of Hawaii via AP)

Mars research crew emerges after 8 months of isolation

By CALEB JONES - Associated Press

The Plan to Get to Mars Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Mars: Getting there

By S. Fred Singer

In this Jan. 13, 2017, file photo made available by NASA, astronaut Peggy Whitson, center, floats inside the Quest airlock of the International Space Station with Thomas Pesquet, left, and Shane Kimbrough before their spacewalk. Early Monday, April 24, 2017, the International Space Station commander surpassed the 534-day, two-hour-and-48-minute record set last year by Jeffrey Williams for most accumulated time in orbit by an American. Whitson already was the world’s most experienced spacewoman and female spacewalker and, at age 57, the oldest woman ever in space. (NASA via AP, File)

Astronaut breaks US space record, gets call from Trump

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

In this Jan. 13, 2017, file photo made available by NASA, astronaut Peggy Whitson, center, floats inside the Quest airlock of the International Space Station with Thomas Pesquet, left, and Shane Kimbrough before their spacewalk. Early Monday, April 24, 2017, the International Space Station commander surpassed the 534-day, two-hour-and-48-minute record set last year by Jeffrey Williams for most accumulated time in orbit by an American. Whitson already was the world’s most experienced spacewoman and female spacewalker and, at age 57, the oldest woman ever in space. (NASA via AP, File)

Donald Trump congratulates astronaut Peggy Whitson on space record

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

30 Le Mars building owners commit to preservation

Associated Press