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US Mars Sample Return mission killed in funding deal

Original: Mars Sample Return mission is dead in the latest funding agreement. Which means China will likely beat the US to returni

NASA's Mars Sample Return mission has been cut in the latest US funding agreement, leaving the Perseverance rover's collected samples stranded on Mars indefinitely. Observers say China's Tianwen-3 mission is now likely to return the first Martian samples to Earth, marking a major setback for American leadership in space exploration.

Why now: Congress stripped funding from the mission in the newest budget deal, reigniting debate over US-China competition in space.

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• Mars Sample Return mission is dead in the latest funding agreement. Which means China will likely beat the US to returning the first samples from Mars. Perseverance has collected the best samples it could, and those will remain on Mars for a long time. But it had become · DJSnM · 2K

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