NASA will investigate two new approaches to bring its Mars samples to Earth through a mission proposal that is less expensive ...

NASA announced Tuesday it had narrowed down to two options the reworked Mars Sample Return mission aiming for a cheaper and ...

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

NASA announced Tuesday it may turn to Elon Musk's SpaceX or Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin to help reduce the soaring costs of ...

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

Space agency says it needs one more year to decide whether its own hardware or a contractor’s will return Martian samples to ...

Dozens of samples of rock and sediment collected from Mars that could be used to detect ancient microbial life could be ...

Previously, the Mars Sample Return mission had been estimated to cost around 11 billion dollars and would not return a sample ...

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

A European service vehicle would help return the cigar-sized samples. The second option uses new commercial capabilities to ...

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