NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT (10 a.m. PDT), Monday, April 15, to debate the company’s response to a Mars Pattern Return Impartial Assessment Board report from September 2023, together with subsequent steps for this system.
The teleconference will livestream at:
Mars Pattern Return has been a serious long-term purpose of worldwide planetary exploration for the previous 20 years. NASA’s Perseverance rover is amassing compelling science samples that can assist scientists perceive the geological historical past of Mars, the evolution of its local weather, and put together for future human explorers. The return of the samples may also assist NASA’s seek for indicators of historic life.
The media teleconference will share the company’s suggestions concerning a path ahead for Mars Pattern Return inside a balanced total science program. The audio system embody:
- NASA Administrator Invoice Nelson
- Nicky Fox, affiliate administrator, Science Mission Directorate
For extra info on NASA’s Mars exploration, go to:
http://nasa.gov/mars
