NASA’s Mars Rover Mission to Bring Samples Back Home From the Red Planet Is at Risk
An exploding budget and an unraveling schedule spell disappointment for NASA's mission to learn more about Mars's history.
A rover has been collecting rocks from Mars for years. How will they get back to Earth?
A collection of Martian rocks could reveal details about potential past life on the Red Planet – but first NASA has to get ...
NASA’s Big Mars Update: How to Watch the Upcoming Sample Return Reveal
The space agency will provide a broadcast update on the marquee mission that is intended to recover samples of Martian rock ...
NASA exploring two lower-cost options to go forward with Mars Sample Return mission
NASA announced Tuesday that it is exploring two options to move forward with its mission to return samples from Mars at a ...
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.
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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Watch: Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 launches to the Moon
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander will spend around 45 days in transit to the Moon before landing on the lunar ...
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Listen To A Meteor Slam Into Mars and Watch The Aftermath
NASA Insight mission's seismometer data of a meteor slamming into Mars has been converted into sound. The meteor broke into ...
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NASA exploring 2 options to lower costs, speed up Mars Sample Return mission
And even at that price, the mission would be stretched out and samples would not get back to Earth before 2040. As originally envisioned, the Mars Sample Return mission, or MSR, was the most ...
NASA asked for cheaper ways to get Mars samples. It had one all along.
NASA has announced two new approaches to the Mars sample return mission that could save billions of dollars and at least a year in the timeline.
NASA to Announce Plans to Bring Samples of Mars Back to Earth
In October 2024, NASA announced the assembly of a new team to assess the future of the Mars Sample Return mission, with a full report anticipated by the end of 2024. Odds are good that the livestream ...