Time

NASA's Mars Rover Mission to Bring Samples Back Home From the Red Planet Is at Risk

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Los Angeles Times

NASA punts Mars Sample Return decision to the next administration

NASA has two options for bringing rock and sediment samples from Mars to Earth, but will let the incoming Trump administration decide which course to take. An independent review board found that the ...
ExtremeTech

Mars Sample Return Rocket Test Goes Off Without a Hitch

The new test proved the capability of a new propellant that will enhance the rocket's performance, making a sample return mission from Mars increasingly viable. Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...
Digital Trends

NASA has two ideas for how to get samples back from Mars

This photomontage shows tubes containing samples from Mars, as collected by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. The agency’s Mars Sample Return Program plans to bring these samples back to study them in ...
autoevolution

China Will Bring Back Samples of Mars Before the U.S., Tianwen 3 Mission Goes Up in 2028

For several years now the biggest space agencies in the Western world have been struggling to get going the Mars Sample Return mission, perhaps the most ambitious robotic space mission ever undertaken ...