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NASA targets 2028 launch of nuclear-powered craft to deploy 3 Mars helicopters

NASA plans to launch a nuclear-powered spacecraft toward Mars in 2028, carrying three helicopters designed to retrieve rock ...
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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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Experts push back against cancellation of NASA's Mars sample return project

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Perseverance continues science mission amid uncertainty about Mars Sample Return

A “selfie” taken by the Perseverance Mars rover as it examines Cheyava Falls, an arrowhead-shaped rock in the center that contains potential biosignatures of past Martian life. Credit: ...
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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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US Just Killed NASA's Mars Sample Return Mission – So What Happens Now?

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...