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Europe plans to launch advanced Mars lander in 2035
The European Space Agency (ESA) wants to develop key technologies for a Mars surface lander by the mid-2030s.
A rover has been collecting rocks from Mars for years. How will they get back to Earth?
A collection of Martian rocks could reveal details about potential past life on the Red Planet – but first NASA has to get ...
NASA’s Mars Rover Mission to Bring Samples Back Home From the Red Planet Is at Risk
An exploding budget and an unraveling schedule spell disappointment for NASA's mission to learn more about Mars's history.
On this date: ESA probe reveals water on Mars
On this date, Jan. 18, 2004, the European Space Agency’s Mars Express finalized mapping of the Red Planet’s south pole. The ...
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Rocket Lab takes jab at NASA with release of Mars sample return plan
The company has outlined its proposed architecture to return martian rock and dust samples to Earth for research.
NASA and Italian Space Agency test future lunar navigation technology
As the Artemis campaign leads humanity to the moon and eventually Mars, NASA is refining its state-of-the-art navigation and ...
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Rocket Lab Takes Jab at NASA With Release of Mars Sample Return Plan
We can deliver MSR mission success too.” The Mars Sample Return mission, a joint NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) program, would mark the first time samples from another planet have been ...
Evidence of Life on Mars? NASA’s Bold Strategy to Recover the Proof
NASA unveils a groundbreaking approach to bring Martian rock samples back to Earth by 2026, introducing competition between ...
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NASA’s Mars Rover Mission to Bring Samples Back Home From the Red Planet Is at Risk
For nearly half a century, NASA has been talking an awfully good game about its much-heralded Mars Sample Return ... in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA), finally got the mission ...