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NASA will announce update to Mars sample return plans today. Here's how to listen in
NASA's beleaguered Mars Sample Return program currently faces extreme costs of up to $11 billion and a timeline that could reach 2040.
Can NASA's troubled Mars Sample Return mission be saved?
NASA wants to return Mars samples to Earth, but budget problems and technical woes have the mission caught between a rock and the Red Planet.
Mars samples that could help us find alien life are stuck there until at least 2035, NASA says
Thus far, the agency has collected 30 samples on the red planet. But, the cost of returning them to Earth had delayed the Mars Sample Return program. It was estimated at $11 billion: a price tag that administrator Bill Nelson explained was “simply unacceptable.
NASA’s Big Mars Update: How to Watch the Upcoming Sample Return Reveal
The space agency will provide a broadcast update on the marquee mission that is intended to recover samples of Martian rock for study on Earth.
NASA To Make Announcement On Troubled Mars Sample Return Mission Tomorrow – How To Listen
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Nicky Fox, the agency's associate administrator for science missions, will host an audio-only media teleconference to update the public on the Mars Sample Return mission.
NASA to Announce Plans to Bring Samples of Mars Back to Earth
We may be about to discover the fate of the Mars samples collected by NASA's Perseverance rover. On Tuesday, January 7 at 1:00 pm EST, NASA administrator Bill Nelson and associate administrator Nicky Fox are going to provide an update to the mission left in limbo.
NASA proposes cheaper, quicker way to get Mars rocks and soil to Earth
NASA is pitching a cheaper and quicker way of getting rocks and soil back from Mars. Administrator Bill Nelson presented two ...
NASA is calibrating new clocks so people can live on the moon
Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have calculated a new system for measuring lunar time. While not needed ...
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Elon Musk Trying to Scrap NASA's Moon Program
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is calling for NASA to ditch its Moon program, arguing that the "Moon is a distraction" and that "we're ...
Nasa Said It Likely Rejected Young Hillary Clinton's Dream of Being an Astronaut
Clinton claimed she wrote a letter to the space agency as a child, wishing to be an astronaut at a time when there were no ...
Outgoing NASA administrator urges incoming leaders to stick with Artemis plan
After a long career as a politician from Florida, former astronaut Bill Nelson has served as NASA's administrator for the ...
NASA Found a Black Hole Knocked Over on Its Side. That Probably Shouldn't Happen.
This suggests that NGC 5084 is host to a supermassive black hole tipped on its side, and scientists think it could be ...
Elon Musk Calls Out NASA’s Moon Ambitions: ‘We’re Going Straight to Mars’
NASA has plans to return humans to the moon with the Artemis mission—but Elon Musk’s preference for Mars could have influence ...
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Desert planets like those in 'Dune' and 'Star Wars' unlikely to host life, NASA says
"Even if a planet is in the habitable zone, if it has too small a water inventory, it transitions to an uninhabitable state." ...
Ex-NASA astronaut who nearly collided with two ‘metallic orbs’ while piloting plane reveals they had ‘no visible means of propulsion’
The former NASA astronaut who nearly collided with a pair of metallic orbs while flying his plane remains befuddled by the ...
NASA's Martian helicopter promises unprecedented views of the red planet
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter, which flew on Mars in April 2021, became the first aircraft to achieve powered, controlled flight on a planet other than Earth.
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NASA’s AI Use Cases: Advancing Space Exploration with Responsibility
AI Use Case inventory highlights the agency’s commitment to integrating artificial intelligence in its space missions and operations. The agency’s updated inventory consists of active AI use cases, ...