Dying Mars Helicopter Sends NASA Final Transmission Working with NASA's Mars rover Perseverance, it was tasked with doing recon work while also testing its flight ability in the thin and cold atmosphere of Mars — not to mention performing in ... 04/17/2024 - 9:31 am | View Link
NASA is asking for help to retrieve Mars samples that could be the first evidence of alien life NASA bit off more than it could chew when it sent the Perseverance rover to Mars to collect samples. The $2.4 billion mission landed the rover in Jezero Crater, the site of an ancient lake. 04/15/2024 - 10:26 am | View Link
Too expensive, too slow: NASA asks for help with JPL’s Mars Sample Return mission Mars Sample Return would deliver rocks, rubble and dust that have already been gathered and sealed into tubes by the Perseverance rover. The current design relies on a lander that would retrieve ... 04/15/2024 - 9:55 am | View Link
NASA rethinks plan to return rare Mars samples to Earth NASA is seeking innovative methods that could help retrieve samples collected by the Perseverance rover on Mars in the future. The rover, which landed on Mars in February 2021, has been gathering ... 04/15/2024 - 9:23 am | View Link
NASA seeking help to develop a lower-cost Mars Sample Return mission one requiring a new NASA lander to bring a rocket to the surface capable of launching soil and rock samples gathered by another rover already on the red planet. Once in Mars orbit, the sample ... 04/15/2024 - 8:30 am | View Link