Mars occupies a special place in the U.S. program of space exploration, and also in the minds of the public, because it is the most Earth-like planet in the solar system and the place where the first ...

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An illustration of the various elements of an earlier Mars Sample Return effort. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech COLORADO SPRINGS — Several senators are asking appropriators to increase funding for NASA’s ...

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