01 January 2020
What has been in 2019 and what is to come in 2020!
... Station in the coming year, if all goes according to plan. Last but not least, the Hayabusa 2 asteroid sample return will be heading to Earth in December over the Woomera Test Range site in Australia to deliver its cargo of pristine...
22 July 2020
China's first Mars rover set to launch tomorrow
... Yinghuo 1 Mars-exploration spacecraft. Yinghuo-1 was left stranded in Earth orbit after the Russian Phobos-Grunt sample return spacecraft it was hitching a ride with, stalled before reaching outer space in November 2011. The probe and...
30 November 2020
Researchers discover solid phosphorus in comet 67P
... and soluble, no matter how they are delivered,” they add. The team suggest that further cometary sample-return missions would be beneficial in helping researchers confirm the presence of all compounds and how soluble the matter...
16 July 2021
NASA's $25 billion FY2022 funding bill is approved
... other solar systems. Included in the allocation was an added $34.8 million above the initial request for Mars Sample Return, $68.6 million more for Europa Clipper, and $175,400 for the James Webb Space telescope. Aeronautics...
11 March 2019
NASA outlines future Moon to Mars plans
.... We will continue planning and developing the first round-trip mission to the Red Planet with Mars Sample Return. “This budget also continues support for transformative aeronautics technology research. We will make air travel safer...
