NASA has taken a major step forward in its effort to bring Mars samples to Earth by awarding the contract for the Mars Ascent Vehicle.
A major part of NASA’s current Mars mission is using its Perseverance rover to gather rock particles and other samples for return to Earth by a later mission.
This week NASA took an important step forward in its effort to bring the samples home, awarding the contract for the Mars Ascent Vehicle to Colorado-based Lockheed Martin. The MSR mission The MSR mission is set to begin in 2026 and will begin with a rocket launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida that will deploy a Mars-bound spacecraft.
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