NASA Forging Ahead With Mars Sample Gathering

Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—Enthusiasm for the scientific potential of a NASA-led Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission is continuing as the agency reaches out to address the cost and technical challenges of retrieving small, airtight canisters of rock cores, soil and atmosphere gathered by the Perseverance rover...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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