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NASA approves Mars sample return project for next big phase NASA and the European Space Agency hope to bring a small piece of Mars back to Earth, a project that just got a big approval to enter Phase A. NASA announced the decision today, stating that the Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission will ‘mature critical technologies’ needed for the effort, among other things. Bringing samples back to Earth from elsewhere in our Solar System has become an increasingly common activity — China, for example, recently acquired lunar regolith and Japan has successfully retrieved samples from an ancient a...

NASA begins work on Retrieval System to bring back Mars Perseverance Rover Samples   Washington, D.C. – NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) are moving to the next phase in a campaign to deepen understanding of whether life ever existed on Mars and, in turn, better understand the origins of life on Earth. NASA has approved the Mars Sample Return (MSR) multi-mission effort to advance to Phase A, preparing to bring the first pristine samples from Mars back to Earth. During this phase, the program will mature critical technologies and make critical design decisions as well as assess industry ...

Helicopter added to NASA's Mars 2020 rover The successful sample collection from asteroid Ryugu by Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft and moon surface sample by China's Chang'e 5 has set in motion other players to accelerate their missions. US space agency NASA on Thursday announced its approval to Mars Sample Return (MSR) multi-mission to bring the first pristine samples from the Red Planet to Earth, in collaboration with the European Space Agency. NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover launched in July is set to land on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021. The car-sized rover will search for signs of ancient mic...