JPL awards study contracts for Mars Ascent Vehicle
NASA'S JET PROPULSION LABORATORY has awarded $300,000 contracts to the Boeing Co., Lockheed Martin Corp. and TRW for six-month studies of concepts for a Mars Ascent Vehicle. The vehicle would lift surface samples gathered by the Mars Sample Return mission, slated for 2011 at the earliest.
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