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September 25, 2023
Historic Wind Tunnel Facility Testing NASA's Mars Ascent Vehicle Rocket
The same facility that provided valuable testing for NASA missions to low-Earth orbit and the Moon is now helping the agency prepare to launch the first rocket from Mars.
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September 21, 2023
NASA Releases Independent Review's Mars Sample Return Report
The agency established the board in May 2023 to evaluate the technical, cost, and schedule plans prior to confirmation of the mission’s design.
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August 10, 2023
Watch NASA Engineers Put a Mars Lander's Legs to the Test
Sturdy legs are needed to absorb the impact of the heaviest spacecraft to ever touch down on the Red Planet.
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July 31, 2023
NASA Mars Ascent Vehicle Continues Progress Toward Mars Sample Return
The first rocket launch from the surface of another planet will be accomplished using two solid rocket motors.
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April 13, 2023
NASA to Convene Mars Sample Return Review
The board, initiated by NASA, will provide added confidence that the program won’t exceed guidelines following an important upcoming milestone.
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March 31, 2023
NASA's Perseverance Collects First Mars Sample of New Science Campaign
The rover continues its hunt for rocks worthy of bringing to Earth for further study.
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February 17, 2023
NASA's Perseverance Rover Set to Begin Third Year at Jezero Crater
After completing the first sample depot on another world, the rover continues its hunt for Mars rocks worthy of study on Earth.
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February 14, 2023
NASA's Perseverance Rover Shows Off Collection of Mars Samples
The Red Planet rover snapped a portrait of the sample depot it has assembled with 10 backup sample tubes that could be returned to Earth by a future mission.
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January 30, 2023
NASA's Perseverance Rover Completes Mars Sample Depot
Ten sample tubes, capturing an amazing variety of Martian geology, have been deposited on Mars’ surface so they could be studied on Earth in the future.
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