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Congress saves NASA but leaves Mars sample mission to die on the shelf

Congress has handed NASA a rare reprieve, rejecting deep proposed cuts and approving a budget that keeps much of the agency’s ...
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Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs releases $17 billion executive budget proposal focused on affordability

Gov. Katie Hobbs released her executive budget proposal for the 2026–2027 fiscal year on Friday. It outlines her major ...

NASA's Mars Sample Return is dead, leaving China to retrieve signs of life from the Red Planet

NASA's plans for Mars sample return are effectively cancelled as part of a bill approved by the U.S. Congress, ending efforts ...

Looking For A Money Plan That Actually Builds Wealth—Without Burnout Or Budgeting Yourself To Death? This Is It.

From budgeting without guilt to investing, insurance, and estate planning, this realistic money plan meets you where you ...

McKee would tax millionaires in new $14.9B state budget. Here are the highlights.

The budget is $523 million larger in total spending, or 3.6%, than than the current year budget lawmakers approved in June ...

Nasa pulls plug on Mars rock return mission as costs skyrocket

NASA’s ultimate mission to discover if life exists on Mars has been effectively cancelled. A new US spending bill released ...
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NASA Mars Sample Return program faces opposition from planetary science community

NASA’s Mars Sample Return program faces opposition from planetary scientists following proposed cancellation, with concerns raised over Perseverance samples, future Mars missions, and international ...
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Experts push back against cancellation of NASA's Mars sample return project

"There are incredibly tantalizing samples in the Perseverance rover's cache that could revolutionize our understanding of ...