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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 ...

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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NASA's Mars Sample Return is dead, leaving China to retrieve signs of life from the Red Planet

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA's Mars Sample Return program has been effectively cancelled, meaning the best evidence of life on Mars could be trapped in ...
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Could China return the Perseverance rover's possible biosignature sample from Mars?

NASA has reported possible biosignatures in a Mars rock, but delays and funding woes cloud its sample return mission. Could ...
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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 ...
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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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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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Congress Could Cost Rocket Lab a $4 Billion Payday

NASA wants to send a rocket to Mars to retrieve samples collected by the Perseverance rover. Rocket Lab offered to do the mission for $4 billion. Congress just said "no." It's official: Mars Sample ...
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NASA Mars rover finds new clues pointing to past life on Mars

Scientists may be one step closer in their hunt for signs of past life on Mars after the Curiosity rover's latest find. Nearly a year ago, the car-sized robot – one of two NASA rovers roaming the red ...
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NASA confirms Mars rover’s 1st rock sample grab, 40 to go

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s newest Mars rover has completed its first sample grab, tucking away the tube of rock for return to Earth. The Perseverance rover team confirmed last week’s ...

Why are we going back to the moon? NASA Artemis campaign targets Mars

Ahead of a potential April 1 launch of the Artemis II mission from Florida, here's what to know about NASA's plans to one day ...

Here is NASA’s plan for nuking Gateway and sending it to Mars

But what should NASA do with hardware already built for the Gateway outpost? NASA spent close to $4.5 billion on developing a ...