A Mars Sample Return Strategic Review team NASA formed in October 2024 assessed the studies and recommended the sampling program’s main architecture, including schedule and cost estimates.
The agency is starting down two different paths toward the samples' return, but only one will bring the red rocks home.
NASA officials had an earlier plan to bring the Mars samples back to Earth, but the program slammed into a budgetary ...
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To maximize chances of successfully bringing the first Martian rock and sediment samples to Earth for the benefit of humanity ...
In December 2024, five CubeSats deployed into Earth's orbit from the International Space Station. Among them was LignoSat, a ...
NASA proposes a quicker, cost-effective plan to bring Mars samples to Earth by 2030, reducing the mission cost from $11 ...
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Via CNN - Satellite imagery from the European Space Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows where the Palisades Fire started.
The Mars Sample Return program has been way over budget and, according to NASA's administrator, has been "out of control." ...
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“Pursuing two potential paths forward will ensure that NASA is able to bring these samples back from Mars with significant ...