These meteorite samples suggest that Mars formed a core, mantle and crust very early in its history and then sat quietly. In contrast, nakhlites are 1.3 billion years old and indicate that Mars ...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has planned two new strategies to bring crucial samples from Mars to Earth, aiming for a return by the 2030s.
A rock core drilled by Perseverance on Mars A core ... only mounted pressure on NASA to solve the problems facing its Mars Sample Return mission, its plan to fly bits of rock, dust, and air ...
An exploding budget and an unraveling schedule spell disappointment for NASA's mission to learn more about Mars's history.
The company has outlined its proposed architecture to return martian rock and dust samples to Earth for research.
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Earlier this month, outgoing NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and other agency officials presented two possible plans for the mission, known as Mars Sample Return, for the incoming administration.
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