Home A development motor based on the second-stage solid rocket motor design for NASA’s Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV) undergoes testing March 29, at Northrop Grumman’s facility in Elkton, Maryland. An important part of the NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return campaign, the MAV would be the first rocket fired off another planet. Credit: NASA A development motor based on the second-stage solid rocket motor design for NASA’s Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV) undergoes testing March 29, at Northrop Grumman’s facility in Elkton, Maryland. An important part of the NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return campaign, the MAV would be the first rocket fired off another planet. Credit: NASA

A development motor based on the second-stage solid rocket motor design for NASA’s Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV) undergoes testing March 29, at Northrop Grumman’s facility in Elkton, Maryland. An important part of the NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return campaign, the MAV would be the first rocket fired off another planet. Credit: NASA

A development motor based on the second-stage solid rocket motor design for NASA’s Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV) undergoes testing March 29, at Northrop Grumman’s facility in Elkton, Maryland. An important part of the NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return campaign, the MAV would be the first rocket fired off another planet. Credit: NASA

A development motor based on the second-stage solid rocket motor design for NASA’s Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV) undergoes testing March 29, at Northrop Grumman’s facility in Elkton, Maryland. An important part of the NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return campaign, the MAV would be the first rocket fired off another planet.
Credit: NASA

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