NASA to Explore Two Landing Options for Returning Samples from Mars
3 days ago · NASA is expected to confirm the program – and its design – in the second half of 2026. “Pursuing two potential paths forward will ensure that NASA is able to bring these samples back from Mars with significant cost and schedule saving compared to the previous plan,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.
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Avalanches, Icy Explosions, and Dunes: NASA Is Tracking New Year on Mars
Dec 20, 2024 · Mars’ wispy atmosphere doesn’t allow liquids to pool on the surface, like on Earth. Instead of melting, ice sublimates, turning directly into a gas. The sudden transition in spring means a lot of violent changes as both water ice and carbon dioxide ice — dry ice, which is much more plentiful on Mars than frozen water — weaken and break.
Avalanches, Icy Explosions, and Dunes: NASA Is Tracking New Year on Mars
Dec 20, 2024 · In 2015, MRO’s High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera captured a 66-foot-wide (20-meter-wide) chunk of carbon dioxide frost in freefall.Chance observations like this are reminders of just how different Mars is from Earth, Diniega said, especially in springtime, when these surface changes are most noticeable.
Mars - NASA Science
NASA currently has five active missions at Mars. NASA and the ESA (European Space Agency) are planning ways to bring the first samples of Mars material back to Earth for detailed study. The Mars 2020 mission Perseverance rover is the first step of a proposed roundtrip journey to return Mars samples to Earth.
NASA Mars Orbiter Spots Retired InSight Lander to Study Dust …
Dec 16, 2024 · NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) caught a glimpse of the agency’s retired InSight lander recently, documenting the accumulation of dust on the spacecraft’s solar panels. In the new image taken Oct. 23 by MRO’s High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera, InSight’s solar panels have acquired the same reddish ...
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Reaches Top of Jezero Crater Rim
Dec 12, 2024 · The Mars 2020 Perseverance mission is part of NASA’s Moon to Mars exploration approach, which includes Artemis missions to the Moon that will help prepare for human exploration of the Red Planet. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is managed for the agency by Caltech, built and manages operations of the Perseverance rover.
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New Team to Assess NASA’s Mars Sample Return Architecture …
Oct 16, 2024 · NASA’s Perseverance rover is collecting compelling science samples that will help scientists understand the geological history of Mars, the evolution of its climate, and potential hazards for future human explorers. Retrieval of the samples also will help NASA’s search for signs of ancient life.
NASA overhauls plan to bring samples from Mars back to Earth - NBC News
2 days ago · For more than 20 years, NASA has been inching toward the goal of retrieving samples that its Perseverance rover has been collecting on Mars and flying them to Earth.