Two new potential strategies for returning crucial samples from Mars to Earth by the 2030s are now on the table, according to NASA. The proposals present alternatives to the original Mars Sample ...
After an independent review concluded NASA's plans to robotically collect and return rock and soil samples from Mars could cost up to $11 billion, NASA "pulled the plug" and is focusing on two options ...
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A mission called Mars Sample Return (MSR) is currently being cooked up over at NASA, and it's so incredibly complex and expensive that it has the agency's people running like crazy from place to place ...
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — NASA’s Perseverance rover has collected two dozen rock and dust samples from the red planet that may one day answer the question, “Was there ever life on Mars?” But, NASA ...
It's been a while now since American space agency NASA seriously started considering bringing pieces of planet Mars to Earth for study. The idea really caught shape when the Perseverance rover ...
NASA aims to return Martian soil and rock samples to Earth in the 2030s, marking the first such planetary sample return mission. A decision on the mission profile is delayed until mid-2026. Two ...
This 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 ...
NASA will analyze and explore two different landing options for its Mars Sample Return program, though it will take almost two years to do so and is expected to announce its decision in late 2026. The ...
Lockheed Martin has announced the details of a proposal to take over NASA's Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission, tasked with retrieving the samples that the Perseverance rover on the red planet has ...
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There was no easy way to get rid of any single element of the original Mars Sample Return design, so the focus shifted to simplifying each piece, Fox said. For example, NASA opted for a direct return ...