That includes noble gases leaking out of the Moons interior and collecting at the lunar surface.

The air samples could also reveal how much water vapor lies just above the planets surface.

In April,NASA asked industry playersto come up with ideas to make the mission feasible.

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A rock core in a sample tube, with Martian atmosphere in its “headspace.”Photo:NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS

The hard part is actually funding such an endeavor.

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