MARS MISSION

Oct 23 2024SCIENCE

NASA to Pick New Mars Sample Return Plan by Year-End

NASA is making progress toward deciding a revised plan for the Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission by the end of this year. The goal? To lower costs and speed up the timeline. Recently, NASA received 12 studies exploring different approaches to MSR. These studies come from companies like Blue Origin, Lockheed Martin, and SpaceX, as well as NASA's own teams. They looked ...

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Oct 18 2024SCIENCE

China's Next Decade in Space: Moon, Mars, Asteroids, and Jupiter

China's space exploration plans for the next decade include some exciting destinations. They've already collected samples from the far side of the moon, and now they're looking at Mars, asteroids, and even Jupiter. The samples from the moon's far side are different from those from the near side, which gives scientists new information about the moon's history. China ...

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