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’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.
The one-way trip to Mars that never happened
One hundred people were due to take a one-way trip to Mars in 2023 — and, while some experts say it was a suicide mission, ...
An Ice-Capped Crater Was Discovered on Mars. But Social Media Is Misrepresenting the Discovery
The photo genuinely showed an ice-capped crater on Mars. What's False: Scientists did not make the discovery in late 2024.
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NASA exploring two lower-cost options to go forward with Mars Sample Return mission
NASA's mission is to return rock, soil and others samples to Earth for study. NASA announced Tuesday that it's exploring two landing options to move forward with its mission to retrieve ...
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China moves up Mars mission by two years
China is on track to launch its Tianwen-3 mission to Mars in 2028 after estimating it would launch in 2030. Liu Jizhong, chief designer of China’s Mars mission, told the Second International ...
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NASA exploring 2 options to lower costs, speed up Mars Sample Return mission
He said the Senate currently is budgeting $200 million for ongoing development of the Mars Sample Return mission in NASA's fiscal 2025 budget. The House number is $600 million. Whatever number is ...
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NASA won't decide on overhaul for Mars Sample Return mission until mid-2026
Related: NASA wants new ideas for its troubled Mars Sample Return mission NASA recently deemed this situation unacceptable. In April 2024, agency chief Bill Nelson announced that an overhaul of ...
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NASA Will Let Trump Decide How to Bring Mars Rocks to Earth
Instead, the mission could again use the sky crane system, which had successfully deployed the Curiosity and Perseverance robotic rovers that are currently exploring Mars. The sky crane lowers the ...