# Honeybee Robotics x NASA (Mars Sample Return): partnership

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NASA awarded Honeybee Robotics a contract to provide several systems for the Mars Sample Return mission, including the Capture, Containment, and Retrieval System (CCRS), Earth Entry System (EES), and Spin Eject Mechanism (SEM). This builds on Honeybee's history of building hardware for every successful NASA Mars rover mission.

- **Type:** deployment
- **Status:** active
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Parties (2)

- [Honeybee Robotics](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/honeybee-robotics.md) technology provider
- [NASA](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/nasa.md) customer

## Timeline

- **Announced:** 2022-12-01

## Sources (1)

1. https://www.blueorigin.com/news/honeybee-robotics-wins-nasa-contract-for-mars-sample-return-system


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