The method is commonly used in statistics, a branch of applied mathematics, to obtain a sample that is representative of the larger population. The simple random sampling method allows researchers ...

NASA announced Wednesday a new strategy review team will assess potential architecture adjustments for the agency’s Mars Sample Return Program, which aims to bring back scientifically selected samples ...

The precious Mars samples collected by the Perseverance rover could be coming to Earth sooner rather than later. NASA's troubled Mars sample-return program may have a new lifeline, in the form of ...

Rocket Lab's MSR study involves two Neutron launches of a sample retrieval lander and Earth return orbiter. Credit: Rocket Lab WASHINGTON — NASA has awarded a contract to Rocket Lab to study ...

A health inspector in Hong Kong has pled guilty to stealing food samples. The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) had previously charged five inspectors at the Centre for Food Safety ...