Blast from the Past: Historic Wind Tunnel Tests NASA’s Mars Ascent Vehicle Rocket
The Mars Ascent Vehicle team completed crucial wind tunnel tests at NASA’s facility, paving the way for the first rocket launch from Mars. This joint…
Mars Sample Return News
Red Planet Report Card: How NASA’s Ambitious Mars Sample Return Mission Fared in Its Review
NASA established the board in May 2023 to evaluate the technical, cost, and schedule plans prior to confirmation of the mission’s design. NASA’s mission to…
NASA Mars Ascent Vehicle Continues Progress Toward Mars Sample Return
NASA’s Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV) recently achieved key milestones in its preparation for a 2028 launch. The vehicle, part of the Mars Sample Return program,…
Mission Impossible? NASA Calls in Expert Panel to Review Mars Sample Return Plans
The board, initiated by NASA, will provide added confidence that the program won’t exceed guidelines following an important upcoming milestone. NASA will convene a Mars…
NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Shows Off Collection of Martian Samples in Stunning Panorama
NASA’s Red Planet rover snapped a portrait of the sample depot it has assembled with 10 backup sample tubes that could be returned to Earth…
Mars Sample Return Mission: Bringing Mars Rock Samples Back to Earth [Video]
NASA and the European Space Agency are developing plans for one of the most ambitious campaigns ever attempted in space: bringing the first samples of…
NASA’s Mars Sample Return Mission Shields Up for Tests
A potential hazard for any space mission, including NASA’s Mars Sample Return, is micrometeorites. These tiny rocks can travel up to 50 miles per second…
Mars Sample Return Mission: NASA Will Astonish the World
NASA Will Inspire World When It Returns Mars Samples to Earth in 2033 NASA has completed the system requirements review for its Mars Sample Return…
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Scouts Mars Sample Return Campaign Landing Sites
The six-wheeled roving explorer has inspected a stretch of the Red Planet to see if it is flat enough for NASA’s next Mars lander. While…
NASA Developing Rocket That Will Bring Mars Samples to Earth
Meet Angie Jackman, the project manager of the first rocket to launch from the surface of another planet, the Mars Ascent Vehicle. Right now, some…
NASA Selects Lockheed Martin Space To Build Rocket To Retrieve First Samples From Mars
The award brings NASA a step closer to the first robotic round trip to bring samples safely to Earth through the Mars Sample Return Program….
NASA Begins Testing Robotics for Daring Space Mission To Bring First Samples Back From Mars
Engineers are developing the crucial hardware needed for a series of daring space missions that will be carried out in the coming decade. Testing has…
New NASA/ESA Mars Sample Return Campaign Artist’s Concept
This illustration shows a concept for a set of future robots working together to ferry back samples from the surface of Mars collected by NASA’s Mars…