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NASA declares its Mars Sample Return mission dead●NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission is deadYhn Science4562 d ago
NASA has cancelled the Mars Sample Return mission, the long-planned effort to bring rocks collected by the Perseverance rover back to Earth. The programme had suffered years of cost overruns and schedule delays, with independent reviews estimating costs well above initial projections. The move leaves the future of returning Martian material to laboratories on Earth in serious doubt, and scientists are weighing what the cancellation means for Mars exploration.
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Curiosity's Sol 5021 Mars images shared in high resolution▼🟠 MSL 5021 © NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/NeV-T Q-VIEW - https:// live.staticflickr.com/65535/55 560021724_8f6be28630_6k.jpg GiMmastodon Science413 h ago
New imagery from NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, taken on sol (Martian day) 5021 of the Curiosity rover's mission, has been shared online in highly detailed panorama format. The images, credited to NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS, are available through Gigapan and GIGAmacro viewers that let people zoom into fine surface detail. Space enthusiasts are sharing and exploring the views of the Martian terrain.