NASA is gearing up for a briefing about its ambitious Mars sample return mission, outlining plans to bring Martian samples back to Earth while addressing cost, risk, and complexity.
Jam-packed issues filled with the latest cutting-edge research, technology, and theories delivered in an entertaining and visually stunning way, aiming to educate and inspire readers of all ages. The year 2025 isn't even a week old, and NASA is already gearing up for its first big announcement, this one about the agency's ambitious, yet beleaguered, Mars sample return mission. Exploration briefing.
'The briefing will include NASA's efforts to complete its goals of returning scientifically selected samples from Mars to Earth while lowering cost, risk, and mission complexity,' NASA officials said. NASA's Mars Sample Return program is designed to do just what its name suggests: return pieces of Mars to Earth so scientists can study the Red Planet up close. To that end, NASA's Perseverance rover is collecting compelling science samples that will help scientists understand the geological history of Mars, the evolution of its climate, and prepare for future human explorers. The return of the samples also will help NASA's lander to touch down near the rover, use a sophisticated robotic arm (or perhaps robotic drones like NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter) to collect the samples from Perseverance and store them in a rocket that would then launch into orbit. Another spacecraft, provided by the European Space Agency, would then collect the sample capsule for the trip to Earth. Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events, and more! Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors. In 2020, the estimated cost of that Mars sample return plan maxed out at around $3 billion. By April 2024, the mission's complexity and technical challenges were clearer, and its price ta
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