NASA To Convene Second Mars Sample Return Independent Review

Mark Carreau April 14, 2023

Artist’s Concept of the Capture, Containment, and Return System.

Credit: NASA
NASA is convening a second independent review board (IRB) to assess the technical, cost and schedule challenges associated with the Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission to return to Earth rock and soil gathered by the agency’s Perseverance Mars rover. The IRB, chaired by Orlando Figueroa, retired deputy...
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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