NASA says Mars rover sample has textures 'unlike anything we've seen’
NASA says Mars rover sample has textures 'unlike anything we've seen‘ - The samples collected by the Perseverance rover could ...
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NASA exploring two lower-cost options to go forward with Mars Sample Return mission
The mission's next steps would be the launch of the Sample Retrieval Lander to Mars, carrying with it a rocket. Perseverance would carry the samples to the lander and attach them to the rocket ...
The Washington Post29d
NASA collected Mars rocks to haul to Earth. It still hasn’t decided how.
“NASA needs to commit — or not — for [the mission] to return samples anytime soon.” Given that the Perseverance rover has already obtained 28 samples of rock, soil and atmosphere on Mars ...
Space.com29d
NASA won't decide on overhaul for Mars Sample Return mission until mid-2026
Analysis of those samples, which are being collected by NASA's Perseverance rover ... NASA wants new ideas for its troubled Mars Sample Return mission NASA recently deemed this situation unacceptable.
Space.com28d
NASA will announce update to Mars sample return plans today. Here's how to listen in
NASA's beleaguered Mars Sample Return program currently faces extreme costs of up to $11 billion and a timeline that could reach 2040. The year 2025 isn't even a week old and NASA is already ...
Gizmodo29d
NASA’s Answer to Mars Sample Return Problem: Develop Two Plans
NASA's Perseverance ... are enduring Mars’ harsh environment to collect ground-breaking science samples,” Nicky Fox, associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, said ...
Live Science27d
Mars rock samples may contain evidence of alien life, but can NASA get them back to Earth?
NASA will explore two different strategies for fetching Mars rocks collected by the Perseverance rover ... but when the mission's estimated price tag climbed to $11 billion — an upper-end ...
CBS News28d
NASA exploring 2 options to lower costs, speed up Mars Sample Return mission
Option one would use the same "sky crane" landing system proven with NASA's Curiosity and Perseverance Mars ... ongoing development of the Mars Sample Return mission in NASA's fiscal 2025 budget.
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Mars Perseverance rover: NASA to soon reveal future of Martian sample return mission
The Perseverance rover has been gathering rocks and soil since 2021. These samples are stored in special canisters on Mars. However, the mission has faced obstacles, including funding issues and ...
The New York Times29d
NASA Will Let Trump Decide How to Bring Mars Rocks to Earth
Instead, the mission could again use the sky crane system, which had successfully deployed the Curiosity and Perseverance robotic rovers that are currently exploring Mars. The sky crane lowers the ...
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NASA won't decide on overhaul for Mars Sample Return mission until mid-2026
who heads NASA’s Science Mission Directorate. Perseverance's samples may therefore not be the first pristine Mars material to come to Earth. China aims to launch its own sample-return effort in ...