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A montage of artist's impressions show the different elements of NASA's original Mars Sample Return mission architecture. A large solar-powered sample collection lander is seen at right with the ...
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).
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 ...
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used one of its navigation cameras to take this image of flat terrain in Jezero Crater. This is one possible site that NASA may consider for a Mars Sample Return ...
The flight's crew includes Emily Calandrelli, a science communicator and host of Emily's Wonder Lab, [5] Marc and Sharon Hagle, who are flying on their second New Shepard flight (the first being NS-20), Austin Litteral, who won his seat as part of a giveaway, James (J.D.) Russell and Henry (Hank) Wolfond.
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]
Less budget, rising costs impact Mars Sample Return An $11 billion price tag for the program would cause NASA to cannibalize other science programs and missions, Nelson said.
The ESA has also considered a sample return mission, one of the latest known as Martian Moon Sample Return or MMSR, and it may use heritage from an asteroid sample return mission. [57] Osiris-Rex 2 was a proposal to make OR a double mission, with the other one collecting samples from the two Mars moons. [58]