Due to a lack of funding, NASA will unfortunately have to set aside the mission aimed at collecting soil samples from the planet Mars. Unfortunately, the budget allocated to the Mars Sample Return mission is no longer sufficient to recover soil samples from the Red Planet. However, budgetary realities may have dashed hopes of seeing these 35 Martian soil samples returned to Earth. The NASA budget proposed by the U.S. Congress leaves only a token amount for the Mars Sample Return mission. News ReferenceNASA Forced to Abandon Its Martian Soil Samples, China Rubs Its Hands , Les Numériques (01/09/2026), Brice Haziza