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NASA's Mars Sample Return mission declared dead

Original: NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission is dead

NASA's Mars Sample Return mission, long planned to bring rocks collected by the Perseverance rover back to Earth, has been cancelled, according to a report in Science. The programme had faced ballooning costs and schedule delays, and its demise ends hopes of returning Martian samples for years. Scientists are reacting with disappointment, warning the decision sets back planetary research.

Why now: News of the cancellation of a flagship, long-planned planetary science mission is a major development for the space community.

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