03 December 2018
OSIRIS-REx officially arrives at Bennu today
... sampler head. The spacecraft has enough nitrogen to allow three sampling attempts, to collect between 60 and 2000 grams (2–70 ounces). Providing all goes well, the Sample Return Capsule, along with its carrier (OSIRIS-REx) will head...
22 December 2017
Where is NASA going next?
... battling it out for the chance to explore their destination of choice, are the proposed Comet Astrobiology Exploration Sample Return (CAESAR) mission or Dragonfly. A launch date of the mid-2020s is planned for whoever is selected as the winner. Led...
September 2017
Europe needs facility to handle extra-terrestrial space material
...in Planetary Science. Her research on cosmochemistry of meteorites led her to work on more pristine extra-terrestrial samples from sample return missions. She is currently a full-time post-doctoral researcher for the EURO-CARES project at the Natural...
January 2017
Blueprint for NASA’s journey to Mars
... vehicle capable of supporting human exploration sorties to both Phobos and Deimos as well as robotic telepresence exploration and sample return from the surface of Mars. Table 2. Mars Base Camp element descriptions. The 1-sol Science Orbit is chosen...
27 September 2021
Early findings from Chang'e 5 samples shows a mix of "exotic" materials
... have released their early-stage findings of moon rocks returned to Earth as part of the country’s Chang'e-5 sample return mission, and along with regolith from the landing site, the sample also contains a portion of fragments that have distinctly...
May 2026
From Apollo to Artemis - Six decades of the Lunar and Planetary Institute
... and the infusion of science into everything it does. Today, as planetary exploration enters a new era of missions and sample returns, LPI’s role remains as vital as ever. During the mid-1960s, NASA was racing toward President John...
