NASA payload to ride commercial Mars orbiter from rocket biz yet to reach orbit

NASA has selected a payload to fly on a commercial Mars orbiter being developed by a rocket company that has yet to reach orbit, marking a new approach to interplanetary exploration by leveraging private industry.

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