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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’s 2026 budget looked stable - but Mars sample return was put on ice

Congress largely rejected the massive NASA cuts proposed earlier in 2025 and approved a fiscal year 2026 budget that kept ...
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Senators seek increased funding for NASA Mars missions

An illustration of the various elements of an earlier Mars Sample Return effort. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech COLORADO SPRINGS — Several senators are asking appropriators to increase funding for NASA’s ...

China could be first to bring samples back from Mars

Set to launch in two stages in 2028, the Tianwen-3 mission could help shed light on life not only on the planet once thought ...

50 years later, Viking 1’s legacy is powering NASA’s next giant leap on Mars

Half a century after NASA first placed working hardware on Mars, the agency is preparing to explore not only the planet’s surface, but its skies. The story began on July 20, 1976, when Viking 1 ...
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This Company Could Save NASA's Doomed Martian Sample Return Mission

Lockheed Martin is trying to position itself as a savior for many NASA missions currently facing the chopping block at the hands of the Trump administration. The administration has already detailed ...
Ars Technica

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

NASA’s announcement Tuesday that it will “pause” work on a lunar space station and focus on building a surface base on the Moon was no big surprise to anyone paying attention to the Trump ...

Nasa rover detects potential signatures of ancient microbial life on Mars

Perseverance identifies organic carbon molecules in rocks on riverbed that carried water billions of years ago ...