Perseverance, NASA’s Mars rover, has completed a daring ascent of Jezero Crater's rim, tackling steep grades and rugged ...

Jezero Crater on Mars was once home to a lake, delta and rivers. See an animation of what it could have looked like when water poured into the crater billions of years ago and present day. Credit: ...

NASA has proposed two new innovative ways to bring back critical samples from Mars to Earth by the 2030s. The proposals serve ...

Jezero Crater is the home of NASA's Perseverance rover. See a bird's-eye view of the crater with this animated flyover created using data from ESA's Mars Express orbiter and the Mars Reconnaissance ...

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

Dozens of samples collected from missions on Mars that could be used to detect ancient microbial life could be returned as ...

Late in August, Perseverance began a slow ascent to the top of the Jezero Crater, where it originally landed. The milestone ...

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

NASA's Perseverance Rover conquers Lookout Hill on the Jezero Crater's rim, marking a milestone in its Martian mission.

NASA wants to return Mars samples to Earth, but budget problems and technical woes have the mission caught between a rock and ...