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NASA Mars Sample Return Study Contract Awarded to Rocket Lab

Will Participate in NASA’s Rapid Mission Design Studies for Mars Sample Return

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Tom Patton
Oct 09, 2024
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NASA has selected Rocket Lab to complete a study for retrieving rock samples from the Martian surface and bringing them to Earth for the first time. The mission would fulfill some of the highest priority solar system exploration goals for the science community – to revolutionize humanity’s understanding of Mars, potentially answer whether life ever exis…

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