NASA Updates Mars Sample Return Mission Status

An artist’s concept for multiple robots that would team up to ferry to Earth samples collected from Mars’ surface by NASA's Mars Perseverance rover.   NASA/ESA/JPL-Caltech

An artist’s concept for multiple robots that would team up to ferry to Earth samples collected from Mars’ surface by NASA's Mars Perseverance rover.

Credit: NASA/ESA/JPL-Caltech
In an update on efforts to lower the cost and hasten the schedule for a challenging Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission, NASA estimates it is a year to a year and a half away from completing an updated preliminary design review (PDR) of all of the mission elements associated with two major changes. The...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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