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The Fate of NASA’s Mars Sample Return Program May Be Decided in 2026
NASA’s Mars Sample Return Program Faces Stark Choices NASA sees two paths for saving its beleaguered plan to retrieve materials from the Red Planet but won’t choose between them until 2026 By Lee Billings edited by Dean Visser NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover appears in this selfie it snapped in January 2023 alongside several sample tubes…
Meet Pearl Young, Who ‘Raised Hell’ at NASA’s Predecessor
Meet Pearl Young, Who ‘Raised Hell’ at NASA’s Predecessor Pearl Young joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics in 1922, working across departments before becoming a technical editor By Caitlin Milera & The Conversation US Pearl I. Young. The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research.…