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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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NASA probably just found life on Mars

NASA has discovered strong evidence for ancient life on Mars, a potentially groundbreaking finding for humanity. In this ...
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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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How can University teams help NASA build on the Moon and Mars? 2026 RASC AL projects explained

NASA names 2026 RASC AL finalists as university teams present concepts for lunar power, Mars navigation, and sample return ...
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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 ...

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 ...
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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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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 ...