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US just killed NASA's Mars sample return mission – so what happens now?

Congressional supporters of the Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission have buckled to pressure from the Trump administration to ...

ESA-NASA Mars Sample Return mission called off

The European Space Agency (ESA) officials shared about this development during the annual media briefing held in Paris on ...
SpaceNews

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 ...
Nature

NASA won’t bring Mars samples back to Earth: this is the science that will be lost

A Congressional bill restores funding for most NASA space science missions, but there is no money for returning samples ...
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NASA Perseverance rover sees megaripples on Mars | Space photo of the day for Jan. 7, 2026.

Another view from Perseverance shows how windswept Mars' landscape truly is.

A NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars may be dead

NASA lost communication with its MAVEN probe nearly a month ago, and efforts to re-establish a connection have been futile.
BGR

NASA's Escapade Mars Mission Will Be Completely Different - Here's How

On November 13, NASA launched a new unmanned mission to Mars under the name ESCAPADE, short for Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers. The launch was met with fairly little fanfare in ...
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NASA's Curiosity rover snaps a stunning Mars sunset — and it looks surprisingly familiar

NASA's Curiosity rover has yet again sent back spectacular photos of a sunset on Mars, but this time it looks surprisingly ...