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NASA's Perseverance rover has grabbed another rock that may contain clues as to whether there was life on Mars. Officials with the Mars mission announced the milestone briefly Monday (Aug. 1) on ...

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NASA's plans for Mars sample return are effectively cancelled as part of a bill approved by the U.S. Congress, ending efforts to collect Perseverance rover samples that could contain evidence of alien ...

Marvels of engineering, the rover’s sample tubes must be tough enough to safely bring Red Planet samples on the long journey back to Earth in immaculate condition. The tubes carried in the belly of ...