There’s a galaxy of gifts out there for space nerds. Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin may have just the thing to set your present apart: a model of Jezero Crater, the landing site of NASA’s upcoming Mars 2020 Rover mission, that you can 3-D print yourself. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-12-d-piece-mars-holidays.html…
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Bold Space Mission To Bring Back Rocks From Mars Takes Shape
sciencehabit shares a report from Science Magazine: In just over 1 decade, a small capsule shaped like a flying saucer could blaze in from space and smash into an empty Utah desert. Its payload would be momentous: less than 1 kilogram of rocks gathered on Mars. After years as a dream, Mars sample return is now a $7 billion plan, devised…