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Visiting Our Planetary Neighbor
NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) are planning ways to bring the first samples of Mars material back to Earth for detailed study using The Capture Containment and Return System (CCRS). These first collected and returned samples could answer a key question: did life ever exist …
Looking to Our Neighbors for Answers
Dragonfly is NASA’s newest mission to explore the solar system, delivering an 8-bladed rotorcraft to visit Saturn’s largest and richly organic moon, Titan. Slated for launch in 2027 and arrival in 2034, Dragonfly will sample and examine dozens of promising sites around …
A Pitstop in Space
NASA’s On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1 (OSAM-1), a mission that will be the first to robotically refuel a satellite not designed to be serviced, and will also demonstrate assembly and manufacturing technologies and capabilities, has passed its mission critical …