NASA punts Mars Sample Return decision to the next administration
In April, after an independent review found “near zero probability” of Mars Sample Return making its proposed 2028 launch ...
NASA collected Mars rocks to haul to Earth. It still doesn’t know how.
For more than a year, scientists and aerospace engineers have been awaiting NASA’s decision on how to rescue the troubled ...
NASA is fighting to return samples from Mars. Here are the two ways it might do it in the 2030s
NASA has arrived at two ways of returning samples collected on Mars to Earth. Now, the agency will test the options to see if ...
5 times entire towns were found buried
Dirt, ice, and greenery can all conceal hidden or forgotten cities. Here are five cities that were rediscovered through ...
NASA Will Let Trump Decide How to Bring Mars Rocks to Earth
The Mars Sample Return effort was billions of dollars over budget and not expected to return to Earth with its samples until 2040.
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NASA Announces Mars Sample Return Mission Architecture
NASA announced a new approach to its Mars Sample Return Program in which the agency will simultaneously pursue the ...
How the US–Indian NISAR satellite will offer unique window on Earth
The upcoming U.S.–India NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) mission will observe Earth like no mission before, ...
NASA to Announce Plans to Bring Samples of Mars Back to Earth
In October 2024, NASA announced the assembly of a new team to assess the future of the Mars Sample Return mission, with a full report anticipated by the end of 2024. Odds are good that the livestream ...
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NASA still has no plan to bring precious Mars rocks to Earth
The US$2.7-billion Perseverance rover collected the samples looking for evidence of past life, but NASA is dithering about ...
10 Of The Coolest High-Tech Features Ever Utilized By Fighter Jets
Fighter jets are some of the most advanced weapon platforms ever devised. Here are some of the coolest high-tech features ...