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NASA won't decide on Mars Sample Return plan until mid-2026
Even with the new rethink, the sky crane would need to be about 20% bigger than the one that landed Perseverance, agency officials said today.) The lander will also employ a nuclear power source — a ...
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NASA exploring 2 options to lower costs, speed up Mars Sample Return mission
In both cases, the sample collection spacecraft would rely on a radioisotope thermoelectric generator, or RTG, instead of solar ... He was referring to the agency's Perseverance rover, which ...
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NASA Recasts Plan To Return Samples From Mars
The Mars Sample Return (MSR) campaign began in 2021 with the arrival of NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover to collect and cache ...