A collection of Martian rocks could reveal details about potential past life on the Red Planet – but first NASA has to get ...

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

NASA has arrived at two ways of returning samples collected on Mars to Earth. Now, the agency will test the options to see if ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk made light of Starship's fiery end. "Success is uncertain, but entertainment is guaranteed!" he said on ...

NASA announced Tuesday that it is exploring two options to move forward with its mission to return samples from Mars at a ...

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

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NASA on Tuesday announced an overhaul to its plan to collect samples from Mars and return them to Earth.Agency officials said ...

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

The first big launch belongs to SpaceX, which is sending its Blue Ghost lunar lander to the moon in January 2025. It's set to ...

NASA is weighing two options to return samples from Mars — one using proven technology and another that seeks help from ...

The company has outlined its proposed architecture to return martian rock and dust samples to Earth for research.