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China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission moves into spacecraft construction phase

ESPOO, Finland — China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission is entering flight hardware development, targeting a late 2028 launch to seek out biosignatures on the Red Planet. The mission has ...
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NASA’s Mars Sample Return Mission in Jeopardy as U.S. Considers Abandoning Retrieval

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Right now one of the most advanced planetary explorers ever built is scouring the surface of Mars. Supported by a team of hundreds ...
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Can Lockheed Martin Really Save The Mission To Mars? Here Is What It Has Planned

NASA's long-planned Mars Sample Return mission is in serious trouble. A flagship endeavor meant to retrieve rock samples collected by the Perseverance rover is now facing budget cuts, delays, and some ...

Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission enters prototype development phase this year, chief designer tells media

China's Tianwen-3 mission chief designer Liu Jizhong, also a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) Photo: VCG China's Tianwen-3 mission, which aims to carry out a Mars sample return, has ...
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Could NASA's Mars Sample Return be saved? Lockheed Martin proposes $3 billion plan to haul home Red Planet rocks (video)

NASA's troubled efforts to get prized Martian samples to Earth could get a lifeline, if a new proposal for a more cost-effective mission architecture gets the go-ahead. The Perseverance rover landed ...
The Hill

NASA can save the Mars Sample Return mission by going commercial

NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission is starting to experience the kinds of cost overruns that have plagued previous high-profile space projects such as the Space Launch System and the James Webb Space ...
New Atlas

Lockheed Martin offers to rescue Mars mission from budget death

NASA's beleaguered Mars Sample Return mission may get a reprieve from an unexpected source. Lockheed Martin has proposed a streamlined, lower-cost alternative that could slash the mission’s price tag ...
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This Company Could Save NASA's Doomed Martian Sample Return Mission

Lockheed Martin is trying to position itself as a savior for many NASA missions currently facing the chopping block at the hands of the Trump administration. The administration has already detailed ...