Moon over Mars? Congress is determined to kill Elon Musk’s space dream.
A switch to Mars would impact programs such as the moon-focused Space Launch System, a multibillion-dollar rocket that ...
NASA wants to send a football field-sized radiator into space for its nuclear-electric Mars rocket
NASA is working on a nuclear electric propulsion system that would involve robotically assembling a space radiator the size ...
NASA’s Answer to Mars Sample Return Problem: Develop Two Plans
The Perseverance rover has been collecting Martian rock samples since 2021, but NASA is still figuring out how to bring them ...
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NASA exploring two lower-cost options to go forward with Mars Sample Return mission
carrying a NASA-led Mars rocket and small Mars helicopters. JPL-Caltech/NASA At the time, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said independent reviews estimated the project would cost between $8 ...
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Elon Musk’s Starship ‘Mars rocket’ to launch next test mission in days as US rushes to beat China to Red Planet
In September, Musk, currently the richest man in the world, claimed the rocket would undergo crewed flights to Mars in as little as four years' time. Starship has been designed to be the vehicle ...
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Rocket Lab takes jab at NASA with release of Mars sample return plan
In what appears to be a jab at NASA, Rocket Lab this week unveiled its own plan to return rock and dust samples the space agency has been collecting from Mars’ Jezero Crater since 2021.
NASA defers decision on Mars Sample Return to the Trump administration
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson left a final decision on a new mission architecture to the next NASA administrator working ...
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Rocket Lab Takes Jab at NASA With Release of Mars Sample Return Plan
After the space agency punts a decision on the mission’s profile to 2026, Rocket Lab unveils its own Mars Sample Return plan.