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

Exploration advocates are pushing back against the planned cancellation of NASA's Mars sample return project, saying it could ...
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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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NASA Will Leave Mars Samples in Orbit Following “Orderly Shutdown” of Sample Return Program

The Capture, Containment, and Return System is part of the multi-mission Mars Sample Return program being planned by NASA and European Space Agency (ESA). Image credit: NASA/GSFC. NASA has begun ...
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NASA to look for new options to carry out Mars Sample Return program

WASHINGTON — NASA will seek “out of the box” ideas in a bid to reduce the costs and shorten the schedule for returning samples from Mars. In an April 15 briefing, agency officials announced they would ...
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House bill would fully fund Mars Sample Return, block cooperation on ExoMars

WASHINGTON — House appropriators would fully fund NASA’s Mars Sample Return program despite its ongoing problems but halt the agency’s plans to cooperate with a European Mars mission. House ...