NASA's Mars Sample Return mission, aimed at analyzing Martian rock samples collected by the Perseverance rover, faces a ...

During his inaugural address, President Donald Trump said he wants 'American astronauts' on Mars. Where does a future Mars ...

NASA proposes a faster, cheaper plan to bring Mars samples to Earth, aiming for delivery by the 2030s while cutting costs ...

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NASA's mission to return samples from Mars and potentially discover the first signs of alien life has a new timeline. The ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has spotted an oddball rock in an ancient river channel on Mars. Deputy project scientist Katie ...

The Mars Sample Return mission has been ranked as the highest priority by planetary scientists, who hope to find signs of ...

An exploding budget and an unraveling schedule spell disappointment for NASA's mission to learn more about Mars's history.

The second Trump administration started with soaring rhetoric about sending humans to Mars but confusion about who was ...

NASA hopes a revised plan will get Mars samples back to Earth faster and cost less than the agency's original plan.

NASA recently deemed this situation unacceptable. In April 2024, agency chief Bill Nelson announced that an overhaul of the ...

The agency is starting down two different paths toward the samples' return, but only one will bring the red rocks home.