I-NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) ibuyekeza indlela yayo yokuthuthukisa ubuchwepheshe njengoba ihlose ukuthuthukisa umkhankaso wayo wokuya eNyangeni, i-Mars, nangale kwayo. I-ejensi ikhombe izidingo zobuchwepheshe bendawo yezwe cishe eziyi-190 futhi icela imibono evela kumphakathi wasemkhathini waseMelika ukuze lokhu kubekwe eqhulwini ukuze kwenziwe imizamo yesikhathi esizayo.