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 ...
Wildfire Photos Show Southern California Devastation—'Looks Like Mars'
Photos show homes and infrastructure in the affluent Californian neighborhood of Pacific Palisades have been destroyed as ...
NASA asked for cheaper ways to get Mars samples. It had one all along.
NASA will investigate two new approaches to bring its Mars samples to Earth through a mission proposal that is less expensive ...
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NASA won't decide on Mars Sample Return plan until mid-2026
NASA recently deemed this situation unacceptable. In April 2024, agency chief Bill Nelson announced that an overhaul of the ...
NASA collected potential evidence of life on Mars. Now it’s pitching new plans to retrieve the cache
NASA has arrived at two ways of returning samples collected on Mars to Earth. Now, the agency will test the options to see if ...
NASA exploring 2 options to lower costs, speed up Mars Sample Return mission
NASA hopes a revised plan will get Mars samples back to Earth faster and cost less than the agency's original plan.
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Predicting Mars Weather Could Prevent Future Rover’s Dusty Demise
Understanding why storms sometimes engulf the entire planet within a layer of grit could prove crucial to future missions.
NASA proposes cheaper, quicker way to get Mars rocks and soil to Earth
NASA last year asked industry and others to come up with better options to ensure the samples arrive on Earth in the 2030s.
NASA’s Answer to Mars Sample Return Problem: Develop Two Plans
The Perseverance rover has been collecting Martian rock samples since 2021, but NASA is still figuring out how to bring them ...
NASA narrows down to 2 options its reworked Mars Sample Return mission
NASA announced Tuesday it had narrowed down to two options the reworked Mars Sample Return mission aiming for a cheaper and ...
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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 ...