04 August 2016
Experts to Discuss Mars Sample Return at IAC 2016
The 67th International Astronautical Congress will hold a special session on Mars Sample Return Mars Sample Return has been on the minds of the international science community for many years. Though multiple scenarios of international ...
18 June 2018
ESA Council backs Lunar gateway venture
... transportation and infrastructure; negotiating agreement(s) covering potential European contributions to an international Mars Sample Return mission or other sample return missions; and examining scenarios and mission concepts for lunar exploration...
September 2017
Europe needs facility to handle extra-terrestrial space material
... in Japan. The lab coat (a class 1,000 gown) is specifically designed to reduce contamination from workers. Considering the Mars sample return missions planned for the future, it is imperative to start now to plan a facility able to receive and host...
February 2019
Simulating lunar and martian regolith in the laboratory
...ice mixtures. Future mission designs are also using ESA’s simulants to further understand the surface properties of Mars, particularly in preparation for the Mars Sample Return mission. For a rover to visit the different sites of interest and collect...
11 March 2019
NASA outlines future Moon to Mars plans
... round-trip mission to the Red Planet with Mars Sample Return. “This budget also continues support for transformative ...Apollo 11 this July, we are moving forward to the Moon and on to Mars, and we want the world to come with us. “NASA is everywhere, ...
