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Winning the Red Planet race: Returning Mars samples before China should be a top US priority, experts say

For astronaut safety and to bolster success of the human exploration to come later, NASA needs an end-to-end demonstration of ...
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What will a human mission to Mars look like?

Since Viking 1 landed in 1976, humans have studied Mars from afar, relying on rovers and orbiters to analyze the planet. But ...
Astronomy

NASA decision on Mars Sample Return reboot slides to 2026

NASA aims to return Martian soil and rock samples to Earth in the 2030s, marking the first such planetary sample return mission. A decision on the mission profile is delayed until mid-2026. Two ...
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Perseverance continues science mission amid uncertainty about Mars Sample Return

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is continuing its mission to collect samples despite uncertainty about when or if those ...
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NASA’s Mars Sample Return Mission in Jeopardy as U.S. Considers Abandoning Retrieval

Right now one of the most advanced planetary explorers ever built is scouring the surface of Mars. Supported by a team of hundreds of scientists back on Earth, the Perseverance rover has traveled ...