NASA Contracts Mars Orbiter and Approves Space Weather Mission

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Published: 2026-06-20
Category: science
Source: KeepTrack Space Brief
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NASA has finalized a contract for its 2028 Aeolus Mars orbiter, adopting a commercial model for its delivery. This mission is designed to gather daily global environmental data from Mars. Concurrently, the agency has advanced a new scientific endeavor to study the interaction of space weather with Earth's upper atmosphere into its development phase.

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