Yahoo

NASA is asking for help to retrieve Mars samples that could be the first evidence of alien life

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is collecting samples that could be evidence of ancient alien life. But NASA's Mars Sample Return ...
CNN

NASA rethinks plan to return rare Mars samples to Earth

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. NASA is seeking ...
Yahoo

NASA's Mars Sample Return is dead, leaving China to retrieve signs of life from the Red Planet

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA's Mars Sample Return program has been effectively cancelled, meaning the best evidence of life on Mars could be trapped in ...
News4Jax

NASA is seeking a faster, cheaper way to bring Mars samples to Earth

Read full article: JSO, JFRD, JEA propose budgets for upcoming fiscal year at city hall Clay County Sheriff's Office Hammer and Hope press conference. Read full article: ‘Hammer and Hope’ press ...
Salon

The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future. NASA is calling on private companies for backup

A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from US$5 billion to over $11 billion, and the sample return date may slip from ...
Ars Technica

NASA says it needs better ideas on how to return samples from Mars

NASA’s $11 billion plan to robotically bring rock samples from Mars back to Earth is too expensive and will take too long, the agency’s administrator said Monday, so officials are tasking government ...
SpaceNews

NASA to look for new options to carry out Mars Sample Return program

WASHINGTON — NASA will seek “out of the box” ideas in a bid to reduce the costs and shorten the schedule for returning samples from Mars. In an April 15 briefing, agency officials announced they would ...
UPI

NASA seeks faster, more affordable Mars sample return mission

June 4 (UPI) --NASA officials want a new Mars sample return mission plan that is faster, costs less and isn't as complex than one scrapped in April. The space agency doesn't want to wait until 2040 ...
Gizmodo

NASA Asks for Help in Bringing Back Mars Samples After Mission Becomes Too Expensive

NASA is calling on industry players to come up with an alternative plan to return rocky samples from Mars at a lower cost and an earlier date. The space agency has been struggling with its Mars Sample ...
Houston Public Media

Life on Mars? NASA says a rock sample shows potential signs of ancient life

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured this image of a rocky area nicknamed "Cheyava Falls" on July 18, 2024, showing black "poppy seed" and larger "leopard spot" features. Researchers say a sample ...
The Hill

Without Jim Bridenstine, what’s next for NASA and its Mars Sample team?

Editor’s note: This story was updated to correct Jim Bridenstine’s status with NASA’s Mars Sample team. We regret the error. Ever since resigning from his post ...
Ars Technica

NASA is commissioning 10 studies on Mars Sample Return—most are commercial

I do wonder about SX’s mechanisms for keeping cryo fuels for the months of the journey, which they must have ideas for, given that Mars has been Musk’s goal for SS all along. I’d assume solids or ...