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Option two would rely on companies like SpaceX, Blue Origin or others to provide a "heavy" Mars landing craft that could deliver the sample collection spacecraft to the surface, along with the ...
NASA's mission to return samples from Mars and potentially discover the first signs of alien life has a new timeline. The samples may arrive sooner. NASA scrapped its $11 billion scheme to grab ...
Mars Sample Return is humanity’s first mission to bring scientific samples from a habitable planet back to Earth, Fox said. “We want to bring those back as quickly as possible to study them in ...
In the summer of 2001, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) requested mission concepts and proposals from industry-led teams (Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and TRW). [17] The science requirements included at least 500 grams (18 oz) of samples, rover mobility to obtain samples at least 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from the landing spot, and drilling to obtain one sample from a depth of 2 metres (6 ft 7 in).
The Soviet Union considered a Mars sample-return mission, Mars 5NM, in 1975 but it was cancelled due to the repeated failures of the N1 rocket that would have launched it. Another sample-return mission, Mars 5M (Mars-79), planned for 1979, was cancelled due to complexity and technical problems. [14]
Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) is a planned spacecraft mission to Mars consisting of two spacecraft known as Blue and Gold. [ 3 ] [ 2 ] The mission, once expected to launch in October 2024, is part of NASA 's SIMPLEx program.
The goal of the Mars Sample Return Program, which is being planned jointly with the European Space Agency (ESA), is to retrieve samples of rock, gas and loose surface material that were collected ...
Honeybee Robotics, LLC is a subsidiary of Blue Origin that builds advanced spacecraft, robotic rovers, [1] and other technologies for the exploration of Mars [2] [3] and other planetary bodies in deep space. The company, headquartered in Longmont, Colorado, has additional facilities in Altadena, California and Greenbelt, Maryland. [4]