NASA asked for cheaper ways to get Mars samples. It had one all along.
NASA will investigate two new approaches to bring its Mars samples to Earth through a mission proposal that is less expensive ...
NASA narrows down to 2 options its reworked Mars Sample Return mission
NASA announced Tuesday it had narrowed down to two options the reworked Mars Sample Return mission aiming for a cheaper and ...
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NASA hedges its bets on costly Mars rock mission
Previously, the Mars Sample Return mission had been estimated to cost around 11 billion dollars and would not return a sample ...
NASA overhauls plan to bring samples from Mars back to Earth
NASA on Tuesday announced an overhaul to its plan to collect samples from Mars and return them to Earth. Agency officials ...
NASA exploring two lower-cost options to go forward with Mars Sample Return mission
NASA announced Tuesday that it is exploring two options to move forward with its mission to return samples from Mars at a lower cost.
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NASA Decision on Mars Sample Return Slides to 2026
Space agency says it needs one more year to decide whether its own hardware or a contractor’s will return Martian samples to ...
Mars samples that could help us find alien life are stuck there until at least 2035, NASA says
Dozens of samples of rock and sediment collected from Mars that could be used to detect ancient microbial life could be ...
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NASA eyes SpaceX, Blue Origin to cut Mars rock retrieval costs
NASA announced Tuesday it may turn to Elon Musk's SpaceX or Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin to help reduce the soaring costs of ...
NASA exploring 2 options to lower costs, speed up Mars Sample Return mission
NASA hopes a revised plan will get Mars samples back to Earth faster and cost less than the agency's original plan.
NASA collected potential evidence of life on Mars. Now it’s pitching new plans to retrieve the cache
NASA has arrived at two ways of returning samples collected on Mars to Earth. Now, the agency will test the options to see if ...
NASA proposes cheaper, quicker way to get Mars rocks and soil to Earth
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is pitching a cheaper and quicker way of getting rocks and soil back from Mars, after seeing ...
NASA collected Mars rocks to haul to Earth. It still hasn’t decided how.
The Mars Sample Return mission has been ranked as the highest priority by planetary scientists, who hope to find signs of ancient life on Mars.