Science Notebook | NASA reworks Mars Sample Return Mission, CERN measures W Boson width, Spectroscopy distinguishes asteroids from space debris
As part of NASA’s Mars Sample Return (MSR ) programme, the Perseverance rover has been collecting samples since it landed on the Red Planet in 2021, and the return was scheduled to happen in 2031. However, a NASA statement on April 15 suggests that the mission will have to be reworked with a simpler, less …