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Us Lawmakers Have Removed the Mars Soil Return Mission From the Budget Proposal.

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The ambitious Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission, which aimed to return soil samples collected by the Perseverance rover to Earth for the first time, is on the verge of being canceled entirely. Last week, U.S. lawmakers from both parties agreed on a budget proposal that eliminates further funding for the MSR. Although the document still needs to be approved by the Senate, its current version effectively ends... The post "U.S. Lawmakers Remove Mars…
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The ambitious Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission, which aimed to return soil samples collected by the Perseverance rover to Earth for the first time, is on the verge of being canceled entirely. Last week, U.S. lawmakers from both parties agreed on a budget proposal that eliminates further funding for the MSR. Although the document still needs to be approved by the Senate, its current version effectively ends... The post "U.S. Lawmakers Remove Mars…

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It was the crowning of decades of Martian exploration, but the implacable economic reality had the last word. NASA's most ambitious mission to the red planet has just failed on Washington's budgetary reefs.

Artistic impression of the different elements of the mission in the configuration proposed in 2022, which was the one that NASA decided to stop in early 2024 - NASA It is not that at this point it is no surprise to anyone but the United States Congress, in an attempt to reach some kind of commitment to the cuts that the Trump administration wants to impose on NASA's scientific program, has just cancelled the Mars sample return mission.1 The prop…

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microsiervos.com broke the news in on Friday, January 9, 2026.
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