Science news articles about 'mars sample return'

Planning is under way to reinvigorate a Mars sample return mission.

The first robotic mission to return samples to Earth from Mars took a further step toward ... be undertaken in the timeframe 2020-2022. The Mars Sample Return mission is an essential step with respect ...

... world-class chemical analysis facilities to members of the network, enabling UK scientists to study extraterrestrial materials in all its forms and prepare for samples returned by future missions...

... National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) will be co-hosting, in cooperation with NASA and the International Mars Exploration Working Group (IMEWG), an International Conference on 9 and 10 July in the ...

Space experts on Wednesday set a date of 2018 for launching the Mars Sample Return mission, billed as the most complex and costliest exploration of the Red Planet ever planned.

... Mars exploration program involves bringing planetary samples back to Earth for in-depth analysis, plans for ... report entitled, "Science Priorities for Mars Sample Return," (http://www.liebertonline.com/ ...