NASA Evaluating 48 Proposals For Mars Sample Return Options

NASA’s Perseverance rover began depositing sample tubes onto the Martian surface on Dec. 21, 2022.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
NASA received 48 responses to its April 16-May 17 solicitation for alternative ideas to bring samples collected by the Perseverance Mars rover back to Earth, the agency said May 29. NASA is looking for alternative options to its flagship Mars Sample Return (MSR) campaign after independent studies...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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