This photomontage shows sample tubes on Mars. NASA wants to bring them to Earth. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS NASA says it will use nuclear power to help bring Martian soil to Earth for study and is examining two landing options. The US space agency expects to identify a preferred option in the second half of this year…
The Ingenuity Helicopter, right, stands near the apex of a sand ripple on Mars in an image taken on February 24, 2024. A part of one of Ingenuity’s rotor blades lies about 15 meters west of the helicopter. Photo: NASA NASA is due to release the findings of a first-ever interplanetary aerial crash investigation into…
Photo: NASA NASA has detailed more of its planning for manned missions to Mars involving the Moon as a base to launch manned expeditions to the planet. A new review of NASA’s roadmap for long-term lunar exploration to set up missions to Mars was released on the weekend. “NASA’s Architecture Concept Review (the documents) process…