NASA’s Johnson Space Center To Archive Mars Samples

Mars sample
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
NASA has designated Johnson Space Center as the home for the agency’s Mars Sample Return Project office that is to receive and archive samples of the red planet currently being gathered and cached by the Perseverance rover at Jezero Crater. Once returned to Earth in 2033, the samples will join those...
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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