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Going Over the Footpad Test Data

Patrick DeGrosse and fellow engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory review data from a recent test of a...

Testing Mars Sample Return

Earth Return Orbiter Infographic

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Earth Return Orbiter (ERO) would be the biggest spacecraft to ever orbit Mars. The...

Perseverance Scouts Landing Sites for Mars Sample Return Campaign

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover used one of its navigation cameras to take this image of flat terrain in Jezero...

Perseverance's Panorama of Potential Mars Sample Return Landing Site

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover used one of its navigation cameras to take this panorama of a proposed landing site...

How to Bring Mars Sample Tubes Safely to Earth (Mars News Report Oct. 19, 2022)

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is filling sample tubes with rocky material on the Red Planet as the agency works on...

Mars 2020 Search for Ancient Life Briefing

Mars Sample Return program manager, JPL, Bobby Braun, shows a concept model of NASA's orbiting sample container,...

Mars 2020 Search for Ancient Life Briefing

Mars Sample Return program manager, JPL, Bobby Braun, shows a concept model of NASA's orbiting sample container,...

Illustration of Launching Samples Home from Mars

One crucial step in NASA Mars sample return mission would be to launch the collected sample away from the surface of...

Mars 2020 Search for Ancient Life Briefing

Mars Sample Return program manager, JPL, Bobby Braun, gives remarks during a NASA Perseverance rover press briefing...

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Investigates Geologically Rich Mars Terrain Video File

NASA’s Perseverance rover is well into its second science campaign, analyzing the composition of rocks and...

Ingenuity Helicopter Inspires Future Flights on Mars (Mars Report - April 2023)

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter made history when it achieved the first powered, controlled flight on another...

2014 NASA Centennial Challenges Sample Return Robot Challenge

The Oregon State University Mars Rover Team's robot is seen during level one competition at the 2014 NASA Centennial...

2014 NASA Centennial Challenges Sample Return Robot Challenge

The Oregon State University Mars Rover Team's robot is seen during level one competition at the 2014 NASA Centennial...

2014 NASA Centennial Challenges Sample Return Robot Challenge

Members of the Oregon State University Mars Rover Team prepare their robot to attempt the level one competition at...

Project Manager for NASA's Mars Ascent Vehicle

Angie Jackman, manager of the Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV) project, holds a 3D-printed model of the tubes NASA's...

2014 NASA Centennial Challenges Sample Return Robot Challenge

The Oregon State University Mars Rover Team, from Corvallis, Oregon, follows their robot on the practice field...

2014 NASA Centennial Challenges Sample Return Robot Challenge

The Oregon State University Mars Rover Team follows their robot on the practice field during the 2014 NASA...

Mars Report: Update on NASA’s Perseverance Rover & Curiosity Rover (May 20, 2021)

NASA's Perseverance rover has been on the surface of Mars since February of 2021, joining NASA's Curiosity rover,...

2014 NASA Centennial Challenges Sample Return Robot Challenge

The Oregon State University Mars Rover Team poses for a picture with their robot following their attempt at the...

Perseverance's CacheCam Views a Regolith Sample

This image of Martian regolith – broken rock and dust – was captured Dec. 2, 2022, by the Sampling and Caching...

The Benefits of Space Station Research and Development on This Week @NASA – July 29, 2022

The benefits of space station research and development, refining the architecture for the Mars Sample Return...

Creating a Returnable Cache of Martian Samples

This picture shows one prototype for hardware to cache samples of cores drilled from Martian rocks for possible...

JPL-20211227-M2020f-0001-Perseverance Year in Review

What has NASA's Perseverance rover accomplished since landing on the surface of Mars in February 2021? Surface...