NASA picks Lockheed Martin to build a rocket that will return from Mars
The agency wants to bring some of Perseverance rover's samples back to Earth..
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The agency wants to bring some of Perseverance rover's samples back to Earth..
Lockheed Martin will build the Mars Ascent Vehicle, a small rocket that will launch pristine Red Planet samples back toward Earth a decade or so from now.
NASA's two Mars rovers, Perseverance and Curiosity, are currently exploring the red planet to learn more about its history and to search for evidence that there
On February 7th, NASA announced that it had awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin to build the Mars Ascent Vehicle, or MAV, which will take off from Mars someday to bring samples of dirt back to Earth.
Nasa-logo-web-rgb.jpg NASA has awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin Space of Littleton, Colorado, to build the Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV), a small