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NASA Picks 7 Companies to Figure Out How to Get Space Rocks Back From Mars
PC Magazine· 6 hours agoNASA plans to award contracts to seven companies to study affordable ways to transport rock samples from Mars to Earth. NASA put out a call in April for proposals on how that transport could ...
NASA seeks faster, more affordable Mars sample return mission
United Press International via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe Perseverance rover, which was launched July 20, 2020, has collected rock samples on Mars, but...
NASA wants new ideas for its troubled Mars Sample Return mission
SPACE.com· 2 days agoFrom there, either the Perseverance rover or other small retrieval helicopters — similar to NASA's...
NASA names Mars rock ‘Dwayne’ in cheeky nod to WWE star 'The Rock'
Interesting Engineering· 7 days agoIn a move that reminds us of Tom Hanks naming his volleyball Wilson in the movie ‘Cast Away’, NASA’s...
Fly over the scarred canyons of Mars in this breathtaking video from European spacecraft
Space via Yahoo News· 4 days agoESA's Mars Express orbiter surveyed the vast Nili Fossae trenches, which formed following a massive...
NASA is commissioning 10 studies on Mars Sample Return—most are commercial
Ars Technica· 2 days agoNASA announced Friday that it will award contracts to seven companies, including SpaceX and Blue...
Perseverance Picks Up New "Companion" On Mars. This One Is Named "Dwayne"
IFLScience· 6 days agoNASA's rovers on Mars do not have feelings– which is probably a good thing, given that they are...
Traveling to Mars: Mark Russell Talks SciFi Satire and Kickstarter
Bleeding Cool· 4 days agoTraveling to Mars is one of the best Science Fiction comics of recent years, and we interview writer...
NASA puts $10M down on Mars sample return proposals from Blue Origin, SpaceX and others
TechCrunch· 2 days agoIt turns out the space industry has a lot of ideas on how to improve NASA’s $11 billion, 15-year...
The 'hole' on Mars making headlines could be crucial to Red Planet exploration
Space via Yahoo News· 3 days agoStill, this is all speculation for now. We'll only have some concrete answers after future missions...