NASA announced Tuesday it may turn to Elon Musk's SpaceX or Jeff Bezos's Blue ... the Perseverance rover to Earth. Originally planned to deliver 30 sample tubes to Earth by the 2030s, the Mars ...

Given that the Perseverance rover ... But it may have once been a blue world like Earth. “Bringing [samples] back will revolutionize our understanding of Mars and indeed our place in the solar ...

Option 1 is the sky crane method, which NASA previously used to land Perseverance and another rover, Curiosity, on Mars. Both vehicles ... mentioned SpaceX and Blue Origin, two of NASA’s largest ...

For nearly four years, NASA's Perseverance ... for a Mars mission with Starship as soon as possible. NASA solicited eight studies from industry earlier this year. SpaceX, Blue Origin, Rocket ...

Option one would use the same "sky crane" landing system proven with NASA's Curiosity and Perseverance ... like SpaceX, Blue Origin or others to provide a "heavy" Mars landing craft that could ...

The goal of the Mars ... the Perseverance and Curiosity missions. The second option would be to use a commercially provided mass delivery system with commercial partners such as SpaceX or Blue ...