Winning the Red Planet race: Returning Mars samples before China should be a top US priority, experts say

For astronaut safety and to bolster success of the human exploration to come later, NASA needs an end-to-end demonstration of ...
Yahoo

NASA punts Mars Sample Return decision to the next administration

A photomontage shows tubes containing samples from Mars, as collected by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover. The agency's Mars Sample Return Program plans to bring these samples back to study them in ...
Donga Science

Budget Deal Effectively Halts NASA's Ambitious Mars Sample Return Mission

NASA's Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission, designed to bring drilled rock samples from the Martian surface back to Earth to ...
SpaceNews

Perseverance continues science mission amid uncertainty about Mars Sample Return

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is continuing its mission to collect samples despite uncertainty about when or if those ...
Los Angeles Times

Letters to the Editor: If NASA’s JPL mission is shelved, we’ll lose invaluable scientific information

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. To the editor: As a member of the Mars Sample Return team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, I think your ...
Ars Technica

NASA will soon find out if the Perseverance rover can really persevere on Mars

When the Perseverance rover arrived on Mars nearly five years ago, NASA officials thought the next American lander to take aim on the red planet would be taking shape by now. At the time, the leaders ...
AOL

NASA punts Mars Sample Return decision to the next administration

Anyone hoping for a clear path forward this year for NASA’s imperiled Mars Sample Return mission will have to wait a little longer. The agency has settled on two potential strategies for the first ...
Los Angeles Times

NASA punts Mars Sample Return decision to the next administration

NASA has two options for bringing rock and sediment samples from Mars to Earth, but will let the incoming Trump administration decide which course to take. An independent review board found that the ...