The Mars Sample Return (MSR) campaign began in 2021 with the arrival of NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover to collect and cache ...
Analysis of those samples, which are being collected by NASA's Perseverance rover, could reveal a wealth of data ... The lander will also employ a nuclear power source — a radioisotope thermoelectric ...
After an independent review concluded NASA's plans to robotically collect and return rock and soil samples from Mars could cost up to $11 billion, NASA "pulled the plug" and is focusing on two options ...