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National space agencies have always been solely responsible for Mars exploration, but NASA is attempting to change that by giving private companies a dozen research assignments in advance of future commercial support for trips to the Red Planet.This is the second time in a month that the agency has expressed …

Today, NASA will be making an announcement regarding the future of the Mars Sample Return (MSR) project. This ambitious endeavor seeks to bring back samples of rocks and soil from Mars to our home planet.Robotic explorers deployed on the Martian surface have been assigned the mission of gathering specimens. As …