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Huntsville AL (SPX) Sep 26, 2023 - The MAV (Mars Ascent Vehicle) team recently completed wind tunnel testing at NASAs Marshall Space Flight Center in a facility that has been a critical part of NASA missions going all the way back t

The news of the research comes on the heels of NASAs successful OSIRIS-REx mission that returned an asteroid sample collected in space.

OSIRIS-REx Sample Capsule Safely Touches Down with NASAs First-Ever Asteroid Sample

An independent review of NASA's plans to get Mars samples collected by its Perseverance rover has found it's going to arrive later than scheduled.

NASA is delaying some of the components of its ultra ambitious Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission after receiving a problem-filled report from an Independent…

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/PRNewswire/ -- Following a rapid and red-hot descent through Earths atmosphere, NASAs OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule touched down in the desert at 8:52...

Total Mess Houston, we have... so many problems. As Space News reports, NASA has delayed its Mars Sample Return (MSR) effort after an independent review board found several serious issues regarding the mission's timetable, price tag, and technical plans. The return mission, initially slated for 2026, has always been incredibly ambitious. Still, it's remained highly […]

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NASA is delaying plans to move the Mars Sample Return (MSR) program to its next phase of development after an independent review found serious issues.