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 ...
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Visit Jezero Crater On Mars In Flyover Created Using Orbiter Data
Jezero Crater is the home of NASA's Perseverance rover. See a bird's-eye view of the crater with this animated flyover ...
NASA's Mars Mission at a crossroads: Will Donald Trump’s administration fund the historic rock return from the Red Planet?
NASA's Mars Sample Return mission, aimed at analyzing Martian rock samples collected by the Perseverance rover, faces a ...
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Artist Animation Of Water Flowing Into Ancient Mars Jezero Crater
Jezero Crater on Mars was once home to a lake, delta and rivers. See an animation of what it could have looked like when water poured into the crater billions of years ago and present day. Credit: ...
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A Rover Retrospective: Turning Trials to Triumphs in 2024
A look back at a few Mars 2020 mission highlights of 2024   Perseverance’s past year operating on the surface of Mars was ...
See Ethereal Night-Shining Clouds Decorate The Mars Sky
NASA’s Curiosity rover is skygazing and photographing lovely examples of noctilucent clouds on Mars. The wispy formations ...
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.
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NASA collected Mars rocks to haul to Earth. It still hasn’t decided how.
The Mars Sample Return mission has been ranked as the highest priority by planetary scientists, who hope to find signs of ...
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Rocket Lab takes jab at NASA with release of Mars sample return plan
The company has outlined its proposed architecture to return martian rock and dust samples to Earth for research.
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 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 ...
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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, and there's a chance ...