The space agency will provide a broadcast update on the marquee mission that is intended to recover samples of Martian rock for study on Earth.
Check, check—is this thing on? NASA officials will announce an update on the Mars Sample Return mission tomorrow afternoon, providing some eagerly awaited clarity on one of the most hyped planetary science goals of the century to date.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Nicky Fox, the agency’s Science Mission Directorate associate administrator, will host the call. The call’s audio will be streamed on theTop of tomorrow’s docket is how NASA aims to bring Martian rock samples collected by the Perseverance rover to Earth in a safe, cost-effective, and timely manner. So far, that has proven an insurmountable challenge.Thus, the sample return mission revolves around Perseverance.
Recovering the samples is of paramount importance to NASA, but whether the agency can cut the mission’s bloated timeline and trim the fat that saw mission cost estimates nearly quadruple in four years is another question. We may get some answers tomorrow—but you’ll have to tune in to find out.The spacecraft survived scorching temperatures at a record proximity, and is expected to send details of its close call in the new year.
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