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NASA Awards CCRS Contract for Mars Sample Return Systems

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Tom Patton
Nov 30, 2022
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NASA has awarded a contract to Honeybee Robotics of Longmont, Colorado, for Mars sample return systems. The total value of this cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is $17,686,341. The period of performance runs from Nov. 30, 2022, through July 30, 2026.

The contract covers the Mars Sample Return (MSR) – Capture, Containment, and Retrieval System (CCRS), Earth E…

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