NASA, Mars Sample Return
NASA wants new ideas for its troubled Mars Sample Return mission
NASA has selected ten studies aimed at finding more affordable and quicker means of retrieving samples collected from the Martian surface and returning them to Earth.
NASA is commissioning 10 studies on Mars Sample Return—most are commercial
Mars Sample Return is the highest priority for NASA's planetary science division. The Perseverance rover currently on Mars is gathering several dozen specimens of rock powder, soil, and Martian air in cigar-shaped titanium tubes for eventual return to Earth.
NASA puts $10M down on Mars sample return proposals from Blue Origin, SpaceX and others
It turns out the space industry has a lot of ideas on how to improve NASA’s $11 billion, 15-year plan to collect and return samples from Mars. Seven of these proposals have caught the agency’s attention.
NASA seeks faster, more affordable Mars sample return mission
NASA officials want a new Mars sample return mission plan that is faster, costs less and isn't as complex than one scrapped in April.
NASA Exploring Alternative Mars Sample Return Methods
NASA is moving forward with ten studies to examine more affordable and faster methods of bringing samples from Mars' surface back to Earth as part of the agency's Mars Sample Return Program. As part of this effort,
NASA awards over $10mn to 7 firms for Mars sample return mission
NASA announced a grant of about $1.5 million each to seven companies for studies exploring more affordable and faster methods for the Mars sample return mission.
Investigating New Methods for Mars Sample Return: NASA’s Approach
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is actively pursuing alternative, more efficient, and cost-effective approaches for the Mars Sample Return Program. With a total of ten studies underway,
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