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Trump's 2026 budget plan would cancel NASA's Mars Sample Return mission. Experts say that's a 'major step back'

The White House says NASA's Mars Sample Return mission is a waste of money, but experts say the mission could help it achieve ...
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NASA’s Mars Sample Return Mission in Jeopardy as U.S. Considers Abandoning Retrieval

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Right now one of the most advanced planetary explorers ever built is scouring the surface of Mars. Supported by a team of hundreds ...

NASA Sets 2028 Launch For First Nuclear Mission To Mars Days Before Return To The Moon

NASA plans a 2028 nuclear-powered Mars mission using SR-1 Freedom and Skyfall helicopters, aiming to transform deep-space ...
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China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission moves into spacecraft construction phase

A crescent of the northern hemisphere of Mars taken by Tianwen-1's medium-resolution camera in March 2021. Credit: CNSA/PEC ESPOO, Finland — China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission is entering ...
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Mars Sample Return now! (op-ed)

The White House's 2026 budget request axes NASA's long-held plan to bring Mars samples to Earth for analysis. Here's why that cancellation would be a mistake.
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NASA Awards Contract For Mars Sample Return Rendezvous Testbed

NASA has awarded a contract to build a testbed for optically guided rendezvous and docking in Mars orbit — a key technique that will be required for a Mars sample return mission. A sample return ...

NASA administrator defends Trump’s proposed budget cuts

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on Sunday backed the Trump administration’s proposed budget cuts to his agency, as the ...
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Mars Sample Return: Issues and Recommendations

As stated in Chapter 8, the proper design and implementation of planetary protection measures will ultimately be critical to the overall success of martian sample-return missions. Mission success can ...
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NASA decision on Mars Sample Return reboot slides to 2026

NASA has set a goal to return rock and soil samples from the surface of Mars in the 2030s. The mission would represent the first time scientific samples from another planet have been returned to Earth ...
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Letters to the Editor: If NASA’s JPL mission is shelved, we’ll lose invaluable scientific information

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. To the editor: As a member of the Mars Sample Return team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, I think your ...
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NASA planning mission to return rocks from Mars

NASA is planning to launch a mission to bring Mars samples back in 2033. The Mars Sample Return Program is nearing the completion of the conceptual design phase. It would use NASA’s Perseverance rover ...
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International Cooperation for Mars Exploration and Sample Return

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