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NASA cancels its Mars Sample Return mission
Original: NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission is dead
NASA's Mars Sample Return mission, intended to bring rock samples collected by the Perseverance rover back to Earth, has been cancelled, according to a report in Science. The programme had faced years of cost overruns and schedule delays, with independent reviews finding its budget and timeline unrealistic. The decision leaves scientists without a near-term path to studying Martian material in Earth laboratories.
Why now: News that a flagship, long-planned planetary science mission has been cancelled is major news for the space and science community.
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