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 require multiple launches to Mars in order to eventually place a Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV) on the Red Planet’s surface. From there, either […]
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China’s Moon probe launches back toward Earth with sample from far side of lunar surface
China hopes to be the first nation to return a sample from the far side of the Moon after its Chang’e-6 probe blasted off from the lunar surface on Tuesday. After launching from China on May 3, Chang’e-6 landed near the Moon’s South Pole Aitken Basin on Saturday. The mission was designed to collect rock […]
Perseverance rover’s Mars rock sample may contain best evidence of possible ancient life
The lead scientist for NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is excited about material that has been stored in the rover’s sample tubes, both dropped on the surface of Mars and contained within the rover itself while wheeling about within Jezero Crater. Given the samples of Mars that Perseverance has collected so far, could one of those […]
Here’s how KY voters can find sample ballots, candidate info for 2024 primary election
If you’re a voter registered with the Democratic or Republican parties, you’re likely well aware of the presidential primary topping your Tuesday, May 21, ballot, but that race is far from the only contest. On ballots across the Bluegrass State are several congressional primaries, along with those for state house and senate seats and a […]
NASA’s Mars sample return mission is in trouble. Could a single SLS megarocket be the answer?
Boeing has put forward its own idea to help NASA get its Mars Sample Return project back on track and on budget. NASA issued a solicitation for new ideas to get scientifically invaluable Martian material to Earth after being told the current plan is too expensive (about $11 billion), while also being too complex and […]
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The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup
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Episode 107 — Mars Sample Return Blues
On Episode 107 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with journalist Leonard David about NASA’s troubled Mars sample return mission. The robotic program has its roots in the 1960s, when NASA started thinking about sending robots to fetch Mars soil even before Mariner 4’s first flyby of the planet. The Russians pondered […]