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

NASA's plans for Mars sample return are effectively cancelled as part of a bill approved by the U.S. Congress, ending efforts ...
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Experts push back against cancellation of NASA's Mars sample return project

"There are incredibly tantalizing samples in the Perseverance rover's cache that could revolutionize our understanding of ...
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NASA Mars Sample Return program faces opposition from planetary science community

NASA’s Mars Sample Return program faces opposition from planetary scientists following proposed cancellation, with concerns raised over Perseverance samples, future Mars missions, and international ...
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NASA rethinks plan to return rare Mars samples to Earth

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