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Rocket Lab Wins NASA Study Contract For Mars Mission

Can Rocket Lab come to NASA's rescue with new Mars sample-return plan?

In response to NASA's plea for help bringing the cost and complexity of its Mars sample-return program, Rocket Lab has won a contract to study a potential solution.

SpaceNews · 11m

NASA awards Rocket Lab study contract for Mars Sample Return

NASA has awarded a contract to Rocket Lab to study alternative concepts for Mars Sample Return (MSR), joining several other efforts to improve the cost and schedule of the program.

Gizmodo · 1d

Can Rocket Lab Save NASA’s Mission to Bring Pieces of Mars to Earth?

NASA is in desperate need of an alternative plan for its Mars Sample Return, and is hoping the private industry can salvage its ambitious mission.

AOL · 1d

Rocket Lab Wins NASA Study Contract For Mars Mission: Details

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (NASDAQ:RKLB) shares are trading higher premarket on Monday. The company disclosed that NASA has selected the company to conduct a study on retrieving rock samples from the Martian surface and returning them to Earth.

TMCnet · 1d

Rocket Lab Awarded NASA Study Contract to Explore Bringing Rock Samples from Mars to Earth for the First Time

NASA's Rapid Mission Design Studies for Mars Sample Return solicits industry proposals to carry out rapid studies of mission designs and mission elements capable of delivering samples collected by the Mars Perseverance rover from the surface of Mars to Earth.

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Daily Galaxy on MSN · 10h

NASA’s Curiosity Unveils New Insights Into How Mars Became Uninhabitable

NASA’s Curiosity rover has uncovered new evidence that sheds light on Mars’ dramatic transition from a potentially habitable world with abundant liquid water to the cold, arid, and inhospitable planet we see today.

Science Daily · 3h

New insights into how Mars became uninhabitable

NASA's Curiosity rover, currently exploring Gale crater on Mars, is providing new details about how the ancient Martian climate went from potentially suitable for life -- with evidence for widespread liquid water on the surface -- to a surface that is inhospitable to terrestrial life as we know it.

Phys.org on MSN · 1d

Curiosity rover provides new insights into how Mars became uninhabitable

NASA's Curiosity rover, currently exploring Gale crater on Mars, is providing new details about how the ancient Martian climate went from potentially suitable for life—with evidence for widespread liquid water on the surface—to a surface that is inhospitable to terrestrial life as we know it.

NASA Spacecraft Captures Dramatic ‘Zen Gardens’ On Mars

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter caught sight of an unusual boulder-strewn landscape with strange patterns not seen ...

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Humans haven’t been to Mars yet. Here’s how NASA could change that

NASA’s Artemis program plans to return humans to the moon this decade to practice and prepare for a Mars mission as early as ...

The Latest ‘Face’ on Mars Is the Most Dramatic Yet

Earlier last month, Perseverance spotted a Zebra-stripped rock that the mission team nicknamed Freya Castle, after the famous ...

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32 things on Mars that look like they shouldn't be there

The more scientists study the Red Planet, the more they find unusual objects and patterns scattered across Mars' surface.

NASA wants to send humans to Mars in the 2030s − a crewed mission could unlock some of the red planet’s geologic mysteries

Before sending humans to Mars, NASA will first return humans to the Moon’s surface to test its technology and train ...

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NASA releases clearest view of Mars, blue rocks seen on landscape

NASA has released the clearest view of Mars seen thus far, with a field of blue rocks seen on the Martian landscape on top of an ancient lake.

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New research suggest Mars was once a water world fit for life

NASA’s Curiosity rover is providing new details about how the ancient Martian climate went from habitable to a surface ...

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A NASA Mars rover has a giant hole in one of its wheels

A photo recently beamed to Earth by NASA’s trusty Curiosity rover shows significant damage to its middle right wheel, but the ...

Blue rocks on Mars? NASA's stunning discovery sparks questions about the Red Planet's ancient past

NASA's latest images from Mars have ignited a wave of excitement and curiosity after revealing an unexpected and mysterious ...

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