JPL/JSC Mars Sample Return Study I (1984) http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

NASA and its contractors have planned missions to return samples from Mars since the mid-1960s. Mars Sample Return is considered by many to be the most advanced robotic Mars mission. In the 1980s, NASA conducted a multi-year study of a large-scale Mars Sample Return mission. Beyond Apollo blogger David S. F. Portree outlines the initial phase of the study.



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