NASA has selected ten studies aimed at finding more affordable and quicker means of retrieving samples collected from the ...
NASA announced Friday that it will award contracts to seven companies, including SpaceX and Blue Origin, to study how to transport rock samples from Mars more cheaply back to Earth. The space ...
It turns out the space industry has a lot of ideas on how to improve NASA’s $11 billion, 15-year plan to collect and return samples from Mars. Seven of these proposals have caught the agency’s ...
Artist’s concept of Mars Ascent Vehicle launching with samples. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Out of 48 proposals for less-expensive, faster options for returning samples from Mars, NASA selected ...
An illustration of the various elements of the overall Mars Sample Return effort. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech WASHINGTON — NASA has selected seven companies to conduct studies of “out of the box ...
Lockheed Martin's proposal is titled "Rapid Mission Design Studies for Mars Sample Return," while SpaceX's is "Enabling Mars ...
June 4 (UPI) --NASA officials want a new Mars sample return mission plan that is faster, costs less and isn't as complex than one scrapped in April. The space agency doesn't want to wait until ...
HOUSTON, TX (IANS) – NASA on June 8 announced a grant of about $1.5 million each to seven companies for studies exploring more affordable and faster methods for the Mars sample return mission.
NASA has announced plans to award contracts to ten different companies to study how to transport rock samples from Mars back to Earth in a more affordable way. NASA put out a call back in April ...
NASA's Mars Sample Return program has hit several snags in recent months after being told its current $11 billion plan is too expensive. The existing Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission plan would ...
NASA's Mars Sample Return program has hit several snags in recent months after being told its current $11 billion plan is too expensive. The existing Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission plan would ...