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The discovery is just the latest to come from the asteroid sample, which dates back to the dawn of the solar system.
China plans to launch two heavy-lift Long March 5 rockets with elements of the Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission in 2028, the mission’s chief designer said Thursday. In a presentation at a Chinese ...
NASA is looking for ways to get rock samples back from Mars for less than the $11 billion the agency would need under its own plan, so last month, officials put out a call to industry to propose ideas ...
Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...
ESA plans to award a contract to Airbus Defence and Space, partnered with Thales Alenia Space, to build the Earth Return Orbiter mission to bring back samples of Mars to Earth. Credit: Airbus ...
Marvels of engineering, the rover’s sample tubes must be tough enough to safely bring Red Planet samples on the long journey back to Earth in immaculate condition. The tubes carried in the belly of ...
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is developing Chandrayaan-4, a mission designed to collect and return lunar ...
India’s Chandrayaan‑4 mission aims to bring Moon soil and rocks back to Earth. The ambitious mission could reveal the Moon’s ...