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After its voyage past Mars, Mariner 4 maintained intermittent communication with JPL and returned data about the interplanetary environment for two more years. But by the end of 1967, the spacecraft ...

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LMT unveils a $3B Mars Sample Return plan aimed at slashing NASA's costs and redefining deep space exploration.

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Its Tianwen-3 mission, launching in 2028 and returning by 2031, could beat NASA and the European Space Agency’s delayed Mars Sample Return — and seize a geopolitical and scientific coup.

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