TechCrunch

NASA puts $10M down on Mars sample return proposals from Blue Origin, SpaceX and others

It turns out the space industry has a lot of ideas on how to improve NASA’s $11 billion, 15-year plan to collect and return samples from Mars. Seven of these proposals have caught the agency’s ...
Aviation Week

NASA Evaluating 48 Proposals For Mars Sample Return Options

NASA received 48 responses to its April 16-May 17 solicitation for alternative ideas to bring samples collected by the Perseverance Mars rover back to Earth, the agency said May 29. NASA is looking ...
Los Angeles Times

Too expensive, too slow: NASA asks for help with JPL’s Mars Sample Return mission

After months of turmoil over the future of a vaunted mission to bring samples of the Red Planet back to Earth, NASA has its verdict on Mars Sample Return. The space agency is “committed” to bringing ...
Space.com

Can Rocket Lab come to NASA's rescue with new Mars sample-return plan?

The precious Mars samples collected by the Perseverance rover could be coming to Earth sooner rather than later. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
SETI

AAS 2025: Proposal Writing Workshop: Using NASA ROSES as an Example

Please register for the conference and see workshop registration for signing up. This workshop is in-person only and requires pre-registration, as well as registration to the main conference. Abstract ...
SETI

AGU 2025: Proposal Writing Workshop: Using NASA ROSES as an Example

Please register for the conference and see workshop registration for signing up. This workshop is in-person only and requires pre-registration, as well as registration to the main conference. Abstract ...