mars sample return
Could Martian atmospheric samples teach us more about the Red Planet than surface samples?
NASA is actively working to return surface samples from Mars in the next few years, which they hope will help…
Starlink on Mars? NASA Is Paying SpaceX to Look Into the Idea
NASA has given the go-ahead for SpaceX to work out a plan to adapt its Starlink broadband internet satellites for…
The Current Mars Sample Return Mission isn’t Going to Work. NASA is Going Back to the Drawing Board
Human spaceflight is not the easiest of enterprises. NASA have let us know that their plans for the Mars Sample…
Perseverance Finds its Dream Rock
If there's a Holy Grail on Mars, it's probably a specific type of rock: A rock so important that it…
Perseverance is Keeping Track of the Big Picture While it’s Exploring Mars
It’s always a real benefit to have scientists on the ground, able to use the wealth of their experience and…
Grabbing Samples from the Surface of Mars
As if the Mars Perseverance Rover and Ingenuity Drone were not exciting enough then the next step in this audacious…
NASA’s JPL Lays Off Hundreds of Workers
In a disheartening turn of events, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has announced that it's laying off about 8% of its…
Even Tiny Amounts of DNA on Mars Will Be Detectable
The Search for Life is focused on the search for biosignatures. Planetary life leaves a chemical fingerprint on a planet's…
How are Mars Rocks Getting “Shocked” by Meteorite Impacts?
A new NASA study shows how samples obtained by Perseverance could have been shaped by asteroid impacts when Mars was…
Samples Returned From Mars Will be Protected by a Micrometeorite Shield
NASA engineers are developing and testing a shielding system to protect the Mars Sample Return mission from micormeterites and space…