NASA’s critical mission in the search for life beyond Earth, the Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has increased from US$5 billion to …
NASA’s critical mission in the search for life beyond Earth, the Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has increased from US$5 billion to …
Artist’s rendering of a sample return mission to Mars. NASA is going to offer to respond to that tough report issued by the Independent Review …
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NASA announced Monday that it is revising plans for its Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission because of the estimated cost and long wait time to …
Mars’ rusty red surface may have given it its famous “Red Planet” status, but the Martian soil also appears to be strangely littered with thousands …
Note to the Editor: Jonathan Lunine is the David C. Duncan professor of physical sciences at Cornell University. He served on the Independent Review Board …
A prototype of the Mars Sample Return rover at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 2020. (Dania Maxwell/Los Angeles Times) The Jet Propulsion Laboratory laid off …
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