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The agency established the board in May 2023 to evaluate the technical, cost, and schedule plans prior to confirmation of the mission’s design.

NASA Releases Independent Review's Mars Sample Return Report

NASA Releases Independent Review's Mars Sample Return Report

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NASA's Perseverance Rover Completes Mars Sample Depot

NASA's Perseverance Rover Completes Mars Sample Depot

Filled with rock, the sample tube will be one of 10 forming a depot of tubes that could be considered for a journey to Earth by the Mars Sample Return campaign.

NASA's Perseverance Rover Deposits First Sample on Mars Surface

NASA's Perseverance Rover Deposits First Sample on Mars Surface

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NASA Retires InSight Mars Lander Mission After Years of Science

NASA Retires InSight Mars Lander Mission After Years of Science

The 10 sample tubes being dropped on Mars’ surface so they can be studied on Earth in the future carry an amazing diversity of Red Planet geology.

NASA's Perseverance Rover to Begin Building Martian Sample Depot

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