Mars Sample Return Mission: Bringing Mars Rock Samples Back to Earth [Video]
NASA and the European Space Agency are developing plans for one of the most ambitious campaigns ever attempted in space: bringing the first samples of…
Mars Sample Return News
NASA’s Mars Sample Return Mission Shields Up for Tests
A potential hazard for any space mission, including NASA’s Mars Sample Return, is micrometeorites. These tiny rocks can travel up to 50 miles per second…
Mars Sample Return Mission: NASA Will Astonish the World
NASA Will Inspire World When It Returns Mars Samples to Earth in 2033 NASA has completed the system requirements review for its Mars Sample Return…
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Scouts Mars Sample Return Campaign Landing Sites
The six-wheeled roving explorer has inspected a stretch of the Red Planet to see if it is flat enough for NASA’s next Mars lander. While…
NASA Developing Rocket That Will Bring Mars Samples to Earth
Meet Angie Jackman, the project manager of the first rocket to launch from the surface of another planet, the Mars Ascent Vehicle. Right now, some…
NASA Selects Lockheed Martin Space To Build Rocket To Retrieve First Samples From Mars
The award brings NASA a step closer to the first robotic round trip to bring samples safely to Earth through the Mars Sample Return Program….
NASA Begins Testing Robotics for Daring Space Mission To Bring First Samples Back From Mars
Engineers are developing the crucial hardware needed for a series of daring space missions that will be carried out in the coming decade. Testing has…
New NASA/ESA Mars Sample Return Campaign Artist’s Concept
This illustration shows a concept for a set of future robots working together to ferry back samples from the surface of Mars collected by NASA’s Mars…
