2 posts tagged ‘sample return mission’

• California Legislators Slam ‘Rash’ NASA Cuts to Marquee Mars Mission

  Gizmodo, Nov 27, 2023

  Six California lawmakers wrote to NASA Administrator Bill Nelson last week to oppose the agency’s recent cuts to the Mars Sample Return mission, which aims to bring samples collected by the Perseverance rover on Mars to Earth. Read more...

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• NASA 'Pauses' Mars Sample Return to Get a Grip on the Mission

  Gizmodo, Nov 14, 2023

  NASA is pulling back from its Mars Sample Return program (MSR) in order to develop a revised way of bringing the Martian rocks back to Earth after its original plan was deemed unrealistic. Read more...

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