NASA has two options for bringing rock and sediment samples from Mars to Earth, but will let the incoming Trump administration decide which course to take. An independent review board found that the ...
This mosaic is made up of more than 100 images captured by NASA’s Viking 1 orbiter, which operated around Mars from 1976 to 1980. The scar across the center of the planet is the vast Valles Marineris ...
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NASA aims to return Mars rock and soil samples to Earth in the 2030s, a historic first for planetary scientific samples, but will finalize its mission strategy by mid-2026. The agency is evaluating ...
For nearly four years, NASA’s Perseverance rover has journeyed across an unexplored patch of land on Mars—once home to an ancient river delta—and collected a slew of rock samples sealed inside ...