NASA asks: Can anyone help us get our Mars samples back?

Photo caption: NASA’s Perseverance rover dropped its first sealed sample tube on the Martian terrain on Dec. 21, 2022. Photo credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech. Article by Elisha Sauers. Mashable – April 15, 2024.

With its plan to return samples from Mars in jeopardy, NASA is now making a desperate plea for outside help to save the costly and complex mission. NASA administrator Bill Nelson and the agency’s head of science, Nikki Fox, announced Monday they will seek suggestions from the greater space industry with a formal request for ideas. […]

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