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Live Science · United Kingdom · China's Tianwen-3 advances as NASA's Mars Sample Return is cancelled
Reports NASA's Mars Sample Return effectively dead after Congress declined to fund it in the January 2026 appropriations, leaving China positioned to return the first Martian material, possibly including biosignature samples, first.
“NASA's Mars Sample Return is dead after Congress declined funding, leaving China to chase signs of life on Mars first.”