The agency has had a Mars sample-return (MSR) architecture in place for some time now, but repeated delays and cost overruns have rendered the original plan impractical, NASA officials announced ...

The agency is considering two possible MSR strategies but won't pick a winner for another 18 months or so. NASA is considering two ways to get its precious Mars samples back to Earth, but the ...

NASA has announced an overhaul to its plan to bring samples ... for when the samples could be brought back. Through its Mars Sample Return Program, NASA has for more than two decades been inching ...

The space agency said it continues to support Mars Sample Return, but will operate the ... report saying the mission needed a management overhaul amid probable cost overruns and delays.

NASA's Mars Sample Return (MSR) program aims to collect and retrieve samples from Mars. With a budget of $11 billion over 15 years, NASA acknowledged that the current architecture had become ...

Leicester, Nasa recently announced that it is seeking new ways to complete the return to Earth of rock cores drilled by the Perseverance Rover in the Jezero Crater on Mars. This has led to some ...

In April, after an independent review found “near zero probability” of Mars Sample Return making its proposed 2028 launch date, NASA put out a request for alternative proposals to all of its ...

In April 2024, agency chief Bill Nelson announced that an overhaul of ... be the first pristine Mars material to come to Earth. China aims to launch its own sample-return effort in 2028, which ...

Nasa recently announced that it is seeking new ways to complete the return to Earth of rock cores drilled by the Perseverance Rover in the Jezero Crater on Mars. This has led to some anxiety among ...

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Related: NASA wants new ideas for its troubled Mars Sample Return mission NASA recently deemed this situation unacceptable. In April 2024, agency chief Bill Nelson announced that an overhaul of ...