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NASA Awards Contract for Mars Sample Return Systems

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Thursday, November 24, 2022
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA has awarded a contract to Honeybee Robotics LLC of Longmont, Colorado, for the Mars Sample Return (MSR) Capture, Containment, and Retrieval System (CCRS), Earth Entry System (EES), and Spin Eject Mechanism (SEM).

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  • WASHINGTON, Nov. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA has awarded a contract to Honeybee Robotics LLC of Longmont, Colorado, for the Mars Sample Return (MSR) Capture, Containment, and Retrieval System (CCRS), Earth Entry System (EES), and Spin Eject Mechanism (SEM).
  • The total value of this cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is $17,686,341.
  • The SEM is being procured as a component of the EES, which is part of the Mars Sample Return CCRS.
  • For information about NASA's Mars Sample Return mission, visit:
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