SpaceRef

NASA Releases Independent Review’s Mars Sample Return Report

Mars Sample Return campaign makes use of an armada of hardware to collect Martian soil, rock, and atmospheric specimens for return to Earth. An Independent Review Board (IRB) looked at NASA’s current ...
SpaceNews

NASA starts reassessment of Mars Sample Return architecture

An illustration of the various elements of the overall Mars Sample Return effort. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech PASADENA, Calif. — NASA has started work to revise its approach to returning samples from ...
Gizmodo

NASA’s Plan to Return Samples From Mars Is Pure Science Fiction, Report Finds

NASA's complex plan to return rocky samples from the Red Planet has faced scrutiny for increasing cost and delays. Reading time 3 minutes The findings from an independent review board suggest that ...
SpaceNews

NASA Releases Independent Review’s Mars Sample Return Report

An Independent Review Board (IRB) looked at NASA’s current plans and goals of the first mission to return samples from Mars, and NASA is establishing a team to respond. In addition to bringing home ...