NASA's Mars Sample Return mission, aimed at analyzing Martian rock samples collected by the Perseverance rover, faces a ...
A collection of Martian rocks could reveal details about potential past life on the Red Planet – but first NASA has to get ...
Earlier this month, outgoing NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and other agency officials presented two possible plans for the mission, known as Mars Sample Return ... NASA and the ESA are adamant ...
NASA proposes a faster, cheaper plan to bring Mars samples to Earth, aiming for delivery by the 2030s while cutting costs ...
Nelson said he “pulled the plug” months ago on the original sample return plan given the soaring costs and the delay in getting anything back from Mars before 2040. NASA last year asked ...
In a book written by Michael Byers and Aaron Boley titled Who Owns Outer Space, the authors (Canada Research Chairs at the University of British Columbia) brilliantly put forth the challenges that ...
In a special episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast to start 2025, we’ve brought together three science editors from The ...
Understanding the Moon's History With Chang'e-5 Sample Feb. 6, 2024 — China's Chang'e-5, the first lunar sample return mission since ... for Building on Moon and Mars Jan. 11, 2024 ...