TOKYO — A House of Representatives bill would direct NASA to begin work on an asteroid mission in collaboration with industry, as well as a space debris inspection mission. The House Appropriations Committee released the report accompanying its commerce, justice and science (CJS) spending bill on July 8, a day before a markup by the … Read more
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover stores rock and soil samples in sealed tubes on Earth’s surface for retrieval on future missions, as shown in this illustration. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Tucked away at every rock and soil sample collected by NASA‘s Perseverance rover is a potential boon for atmospheric scientists. NASA’s perseverance Mars Rover is collecting samples on … Read more
WASHINGTON – NASA has selected seven companies to research “out-of-the-box” concepts for the agency’s Mars Sample Return (MSR) program, which could deliver samples faster and cheaper than current plans. NASA announced late June 7 that it had selected proposals from Aerojet Rocketdyne, Blue Origin, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Quantum Space, SpaceX and Whittinghill Aerospace for … Read more