Mars Sample Return
The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup
Science
A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from ...
Episode 107 — Mars Sample Return Blues
Science
On Episode 107 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with journalist Leonard David about NASA’s troubled Mars sample return ...
‘Astrobiodefense:’ Thinktank calls for defending Earth from space bugs
Science
An artist’s depiction of a Mars sample-return mission. NASA is set to offer its response to that hard-hitting report issued last September ...
‘The bottom line is $11 billion is too expensive’
Science
NASA is looking for a new way to get its precious Mars samples back to Earth. Those samples are being collected by ...
NASA rethinks plan to return rare Mars samples to Earth
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Thousands of strange white rocks found on Mars. Will they ever be brought to Earth?
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Mars’ rusty red surface may have given it its famous “Red Planet” status, but it would also appear that thousands of white ...
Precious samples from Mars have been collected. Now it’s up to Congress to get them back
Science
Editor’s Note: Jonathan Lunine is the David C. Duncan professor in the physical sciences at Cornell University. He served on the NASA Mars ...
China targets 2030 for Mars sample return mission, potential landing areas revealed
Science
HELSINKI — China is making progress towards a 2030 launch for its Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission and has narrowed down potential ...
Final NASA 2024 spending bill defers decision on MSR funding
Technology
WASHINGTON — Congressional appropriators have released a final fiscal year 2024 spending bill that cuts NASA funding from what the agency received ...
Will NASA be able to return Mars samples to Earth? New audit raises doubts
Science
NASA’s bold plan to get pristine samples of Mars to Earth for analysis is facing major challenges, according to a new report. ...