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- Too expensive, too slow: NASA asks for help with JPL Mars Sample Return mission https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2024-04-15/nasa-asks-for-help-on-jpl-mars-sample-return 2 comments
- With NASA's plan faltering, China knows it can be first with Mars sample return https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/09/with-nasas-plan-faltering-china-knows-it-can-be-first-with-mars-sample-return/ 2 comments
- NASA's troubled Mars sample-return mission has scientists seeing red https://www.space.com/nasa-troubled-mars-sample-return-mission-scientists-upset 237 comments space
- NASA slows down work on Mars Sample Return due to budget uncertainty https://spacenews.com/nasa-slows-down-work-on-mars-sample-return-due-to-budget-uncertainty/ 60 comments space
- NASA to delay Mars Sample Return, switch to dual-lander approach https://spacenews.com/nasa-to-delay-mars-sample-return-switch-to-dual-lander-approach/ 8 comments space
- NASA unlikely to return Mars samples in the 2020s https://spacenews.com/nasa-unlikely-to-return-mars-samples-in-the-2020s/ 4 comments space
- After the Success of InSight, It’s Time for NASA to Commit to Mars Sample Return http://www.planetary.org/blogs/casey-dreier/2018/1128-after-insight-its-time-for-mars-sample-return.html 18 comments space
- Rocket Lab says NASA lacks leadership on Mars Sample Return https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/12/rocket_lab_mars_sample/ 51 comments space
- Jim Bridenstine to Lead NASA Mars Sample Return Strategy Review https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/bridenstine-to-lead-nasa-mars-sample-return-strategy-review/ 19 comments space
- NASA is Already Designing Hardware for a Mars Sample Return Mission https://www.universetoday.com/154252/nasa-is-already-designing-hardware-for-a-mars-sample-return-mission/ 5 comments space
- NASA Moves Forward With Campaign to Return Mars Samples to Earth https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7803 3 comments space
- UK engineers will design a robot that can retrieve rock samples on Mars so they can be sent to Earth for study. ESA and NASA expect to send the sample-return equipment to the Red Planet in 2026. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-44728947 69 comments space
- NASA's Mars 2020 rover to look for signs of life, help return samples. http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-mars-2020-rover-signs-life-sample-return-20130709,0,2004305.story 4 comments space
- With NASA’s plan faltering, China knows it can be first with Mars sample return https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/09/with-nasas-plan-faltering-china-knows-it-can-be-first-with-mars-sample-return/ 98 comments technology
- NASA Awards Mars Ascent Propulsion System Contract for Sample Return https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-awards-mars-ascent-propulsion-system-contract-for-sample-return 3 comments space
- NASA FISO Telecon: Mars Sample Return Using Red Dragon http://www.spaceref.com/calendar/calendar.html?utm_content=awesm-publisher&utm_source=t.co&pid=8837&utm_campaign=&utm_medium=srs.gs-twitter 43 comments spacex
- Larry Lemke of NASA Ames describes his "top gun reentry" for landing a Dragon capsule on Mars for sample return http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoSKHzziLKw 22 comments spacex
- NASA's latest budget proposal cuts $500 million, but funds a Moon-orbiting space station, the Mars 2020 rover, the Europa Clipper, and a Mars sample-return mission. The proposal cuts funding for WFIRST, which was meant to study dark energy, exoplanets, and the infrared sky. http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/03/nasa-budget-proposal-slashes-other-missions-in-favor-of-mars-sample-return 3 comments space
- NASA won't decide on Mars Sample Return plan until mid-2026 https://www.space.com/space-exploration/missions/nasa-wont-decide-on-mars-sample-return-plan-until-mid-2026 6 comments space
- Europe's Mars sample return orbiter moving ahead despite NASA budget uncertainty https://www.space.com/esa-earth-return-orbiter-passes-design-review 2 comments space
- NASA revises Mars’ sample return plan to use helicopters | The experience with the Ingenuity helicopter has changed the equation. https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/07/nasa-revises-mars-sample-return-plan-to-use-helicopters/ 19 comments technology
- NASA revises Mars’ sample return plan to use helicopters | The experience with the Ingenuity helicopter has changed the equation. https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/07/nasa-revises-mars-sample-return-plan-to-use-helicopters/ 71 comments space
- Independent Review Indicates NASA Prepared for Mars Sample Return Campaign https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/independent-review-indicates-nasa-prepared-for-mars-sample-return-campaign 11 comments space
- China's space agency claims it will return Mars samples 2 years before NASA | If successful, China's Tianwen-3 mission could retrieve Mars samples in a historic first. https://interestingengineering.com/china-claims-it-will-return-mars-samples 143 comments space
- NASA Invites Comment on Initial Plans for Mars Sample Return Program https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-invites-comment-on-initial-plans-for-mars-sample-return-program 12 comments space
- NASA Awards Mars Ascent Propulsion System Contract for Return of Samples Collected by Perseverance http://nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-awards-mars-ascent-propulsion-system-contract-for-sample-return 6 comments science
- Rocket Lab proposes $2B solution for faster Mars Sample Return as NASA reviews options https://spaceexplored.com/2024/10/24/rocket-lab-proposes-2b-solution-for-faster-mars-sample-return-as-nasa-reviews-options/ 29 comments technology
- US Congress wants NASA to conduct mission to Mars that would return soil samples to Earth; if that is not feasible with the proposed funding, NASA should use those funds to send an orbiter to Europa http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2012/04/house-panel-wants-nasa-to-plan.html 11 comments space
- NASA selects 7 alternative Mars Sample Return proposals to award further research funding- including SpaceX and Blue Origin https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-exploring-alternative-mars-sample-return-methods/ 10 comments space
- Mars Sample Return Using Red Dragon - Presentation at NASA and recorded audio http://spirit.as.utexas.edu/~fiso/telecon/gonzales-lemke_9-9-15/ 9 comments spacex
- The ESA is developing a plan to bring martian samples collected by NASA's Mars 2020 rover back to Earth. A 2nd rover would collect samples that Mars 2020 digs up before loading them into an ascent vehicle, which would then transfer them to a craft in Mars' orbit that would return them to Earth. http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/06/esa-crafts-plan-to-return-a-sample-from-mars 3 comments space
- The ESA is developing a plan to bring martian samples collected by NASA's Mars 2020 rover back to Earth. A 2nd rover would collect samples that Mars 2020 digs up before loading them into an ascent vehicle, which would then transfer them to a craft in Mars' orbit that would return them to Earth. http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/06/esa-crafts-plan-to-return-a-sample-from-mars 4 comments worldnews
- The Mars 2020 Rover In-Depth. NASA's next major mission to the Red Planet will store samples for eventual return to the Earth. http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/van-kane/20130727-mars-rover-2020-in-depth.html?utm_content=buffer4248c&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=buffer 20 comments space
- NASA's plan to bring Mars samples back to Earth. NASA's Dr. Michela Muñoz Fernández program executive for the Mars Sample Return mission explains. https://youtube.com/watch?v=in92Wztt7BM%3Ffeature%3Dshare 2 comments space
- NASA's proposed budget for 2020 funds the Europa Clipper and Mars 2020 missions, as well as a Mars sample return mission in the mid-2020s, but cuts funding for the much anticipated WFIRST space observatory. http://astronomy.com/news/2019/03/nasa-budget-proposal-slashes-other-missions-in-favor-of-mars-sample-return 9 comments space
- NASA Mars exploration efforts turn to operating existing missions and planning sample return: “That calls for the launch of a lander and rover to collect the samples cached by Mars 2020 and place them into a container that would be launched into orbit by an ascent vehicle.” http://spacenews.com/nasa-mars-exploration-efforts-turn-to-operating-existing-missions-and-planning-sample-return/ 3 comments space
- NASA has finished the system requirements review for its Mars Sample Return Program. With planned launch dates for the Earth Return Orbiter and Sample Retrieval Lander in fall 2027 and summer 2028, the samples are expected to arrive on Earth in 2033. https://mars.nasa.gov/news/9233/nasa-will-inspire-world-when-it-returns-mars-samples-to-earth-in-2033/ 5 comments space
- Next month, NASA's Perseverance rover heads to Mars. Once there, it will record itself screaming through the atmosphere during its "seven minutes of terror," search for signs of ancient life, collect samples for return to Earth, test plucking oxygen from thin air, and even fly a small helicopter. https://astronomy.com/magazine/news/2020/06/mars-2020-rover 8 comments space
- The 'Planetary Science Decadal Survey' recommends to make a Mars sample return mission NASA's top priority. The second-highest priority project is a probe that would orbit Europa. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20216-nasa-should-bring-mars-rocks-back-to-earth-says-panel.html 4 comments space
- Next month, NASA's Perseverance rover heads to Mars. There, it will record itself screaming through the atmosphere during its "seven minutes of terror," search for ancient life with the help of a rock-blasting laser, collect samples for return to Earth, and even test plucking oxygen from thin air. https://astronomy.com/magazine/news/2020/06/mars-2020-rover 15 comments space