The lander itself would feature a small rocket, the Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV), which would take the samples to a spacecraft provided by the European Space Agency (ESA) for a trip back to Earth.

This is one possible site that NASA may consider for a Mars Sample Return lander that would collect Perseverance’s samples of Mars rock and sediment in the future. (NASA/JPL-Caltech) open image ...

To do that, the agency planned for the rover to deliver the samples to a robotic lander equipped with a rocket. If the rover couldn't make the drive, drones similar to the recently deceased ...

Mars Sample Retrieval Lander Concept Illustration: A Sample Retrieval Lander would launch in 2028, carrying a NASA-led Mars rocket and small Mars helicopters. JPL-Caltech/NASA At the time ...

The second lunar lander from Japanese space exploration company ispace snapped a stunning image of the Earth as it prepares for its journey to the moon.

one requiring a new NASA sample retrieval lander, one or more small helicopters to aid in sample recovery and a powerful solid-fuel rocket to launch the collected samples to orbit. Once in Mars ...

The tiny protein known as transthyretin can cause big problems in the body when it misfolds after secretion. While healthy ...

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson left a final decision on a new mission architecture to the next NASA administrator working under the incoming Trump administration. President-elect Donald Trump ...

Secured to the Blue Ghost lunar lander, LPV's sampling head will use ... the payload's secondary pneumatic jets and collected in a sample container. The entire autonomous operation is expected ...

The mission is the company's lightweight lander known as RESILIENCE, which will land on the moon, deploy a micro rover named TENACIOUS, and collect regolith samples. It is the company's second ...

A day before sharing the clip, Firefly said that the lander had travelled more than 3,54,000 km and sent 1.4 GB of data. Blue ...