NASA and ESA Change Plans for Ambitious Mars Sample Return Mission - Gizmodo

The new strategy calls for an extra launch to the Red Planet and a delivery date of the precious samples no earlier than 2033.

Citing unacceptable levels of high risk, NASA and the European Space Agency have made key adjustments to a highly complex future mission that will attempt to bring Martian surface samples to Earth. … [+3567 chars]

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