After the space agency canceled its VIPER rover, an empty space was available on a private spacecraft that will still head to ...

One plan to return Perseverance's samples to Earth called for a lander to touch down near the rover, use a sophisticated robotic arm (or perhaps robotic drones like NASA's Ingenuity Mars ...

Mars Sample Retrieval Lander Concept Illustration: A Sample Retrieval Lander would launch in 2028, carrying a NASA-led Mars rocket and small Mars helicopters. JPL-Caltech/NASA At the time ...

Ultimately, NASA settled on two options, with the key difference being the way a Mars sample retrieval lander is delivered to the planet’s surface. Option 1 is the sky crane method, which NASA ...

Artist's rendering of a Mars lander that could retrieve Perseverance's samples and send them to Earth. Credit: NASA/ESA/JPL-Caltech/GSFC/MSFC NASA kicked off the new ...

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In that scenario, NASA would use new commercial technology, untested on Mars, like a heavy lander, Nelson said. Both paths would cost around $6 or $7 billion and deliver the samples to Earth ...

NASA’s original MSR plan envisioned launching a new lander circa 2027–2028; it would meet Perseverance on the Red Planet and transfer the samples to a canister within a Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV).

To maximize chances of successfully bringing the first Martian rock and sediment samples to Earth for the benefit of humanity, NASA ... the lander payload to the surface of Mars.

NASA will investigate two new approaches to bring its Mars samples to Earth through a mission proposal that is less expensive and technically complicated. Either change in the mission's design ...

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS NASA is considering ... hardware down on the Martian surface — a lander that sports a small rocket called the Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV). The lander will touch ...

NASA has developed two alternatives for ... This could indicate an acceleration of manned moon landings and manned Mars missions. Because there is a new race in space: China wants to fly to ...