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Nasa and Esa want to bring Martian rocks to Earth. Here’s what will happen to the samples once they get here
A mission will deliver rock and soil from Mars to laboratories on Earth in the 2030s. Mars Sample Return (MSR) is led by Nasa ...
Lockheed Martin builds on 50 years of spaceflight perfection for Mars Sample Return
Lockheed Martin has been part of all NASA Mars missions to date and it has been part of every single sample return mission to ...
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Bacteria found in asteroid sample – but they're not from space
But these microbes almost certainly came from Earth rather than outer space, say researchers. This contamination serves as ...
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Bringing Mars to Earth: solving Mars Sample Return
NASA’s Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission promises to fill significant gaps in our understanding of the universe and propel humanity forward in a new phase of the space race. Exploring the cosmos ...