Mars Sample Return, Take 3

Rocket Lab Mars Sample Return rover concept art
Credit: Rocket Lab
On its way out, the NASA administration under former President Joe Biden left its successors revised plans to return curated samples from the surface of Mars, an effort that could reveal whether life ever arose beyond Earth. Omitted, however, was the option to recast the over-budget Mars Sample...
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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