NASA Invitations Media to Mars Sample Return Update

Apr 12, 2024

NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT, Monday, April 15, to focus on referring to the company’s response to a Mars Sample Return Impartial Evaluate Board story from September 2023, together with next steps for this system.

The teleconference will livestream at:

https://www.nasa.gov/nasatv

Mars Sample Return has been a serious long-time length purpose of world planetary exploration for the previous two a long time. NASA’s Perseverance rover is collecting compelling science samples that can relieve scientists heed the geological history of Mars, the evolution of its local weather, and put together for future human explorers. The return of the samples will additionally relieve NASA’s see indicators of aged lifestyles.

The media teleconference will portion the company’s strategies referring to a course forward for Mars Sample Return within a balanced total science program. The audio system encompass:

• NASA Administrator Invoice Nelson
• Nicky Fox, affiliate administrator, Science Mission Directorate

Media who want to participate in the teleconference ought to RSVP by 11 a.m. on April 15 by emailing [email protected].

For extra recordsdata on NASA’s Mars exploration, seek the advice of with:

http://nasa.gov/mars

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Dewayne Washington / Karen Fox
Headquarters, Washington
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