Space.com28d
NASA will announce update to Mars sample return plans today. Here's how to listen in
NASA's beleaguered Mars Sample Return program currently faces extreme costs of up to $11 billion and a timeline that could reach 2040. The year 2025 isn't even a week old and NASA is already ...
CBS News28d
NASA exploring 2 options to lower costs, speed up Mars Sample Return mission
Option one would use the same "sky crane" landing system proven with NASA's Curiosity and Perseverance Mars rovers, a smaller sample collection spacecraft, a smaller rocket to boost the samples ...
ABC News28d
NASA exploring two lower-cost options to go forward with Mars Sample Return mission
The goal of the Mars Sample Return Program, which is being planned jointly with the European Space Agency (ESA), is to retrieve samples of rock, gas and loose surface material that were collected ...
Gizmodo29d
NASA’s Answer to Mars Sample Return Problem: Develop Two Plans
Following months of deliberation, NASA has decided to pursue two alternative routes for its Mars Sample Return program, one of which elicits the help of the private industry. During a media ...
Ars Technica27d
NASA defers decision on Mars Sample Return to the Trump administration
The question now is: will they? And if the Trump administration moves forward with Mars Sample Return (MSR), what will it look like? Could it involve a human mission to Mars instead of a series of ...
Space.com29d
NASA won't decide on overhaul for Mars Sample Return mission until mid-2026
The agency is considering two possible MSR strategies but won't pick a winner for another 18 months or so. NASA is considering two ways to get its precious Mars samples back to Earth, but the ...
SpaceNews29d
NASA to study two alternative architectures for Mars Sample Return
NASA leadership announced Jan. 7 that it would pursue studies of two architectures for its Mars Sample Return effort that would take samples currently being collected by the Perseverance rover and ...
Scientific American27d
NASA’s Mars Sample Return Program Faces Stark Choices
NASA’s troubled Mars Sample Return program is stuck at a crossroads—and is likely to remain in limbo until at least 2026—agency officials said at a press briefing on Tuesday. To bring this ...
AZ Central7d
Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun can't save the shallowness of 'Love Me'
What happens to the smart devices when the human race becomes extinct? Apparently, they use YouTube videos and social media influencers to simulate human life and attempt to recreate the world as ...
The Conversation29d
Beyond the hype: what workers really think about workplace AI assistants
Talitakuum Ekandjo does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...
The Conversation21d
Do aliens exist? We studied what scientists really think
Peter Vickers receives funding from Leverhulme Trust Research Project Grant (RPG-2021-274). Henry Taylor receives funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council Impact Acceleration Account ...