The latest happens to be on Mars, where the China National Space Administration sent a trio of high-tech machines last year. The orbiter, lander, and rover all arrived at Mars in February ...

CANBERRA -- Australian and Chinese scientists have made a breakthrough in solving the mystery of how the landscape of Mars evolved over billions of years. In a study published on Wednesday, ...

This is where a Mars rover comes in handy. The Zhurong Mars rover is named after the fire god Zhurong, a character in Chinese myths. The rover is part of China’s Mars Mission. It landed on Mars ...

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

Samples collected by Perseverance rover not expected until at least 2035, four years behind Tianwen-3’s ‘grab-and-go’ ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) wants to develop key technologies for a Mars surface lander by the mid-2030s.

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

The US$2.7-billion Perseverance rover collected the samples looking for evidence of past life, but NASA is dithering about how to get them off the Red Planet.

NASA faces rising costs in its Mars Sample Return mission while China races to return Martian samples by 2028, creating a high-stakes space race for scientific dominance.

Previously, the Mars Sample Return mission had been estimated to cost around 11 billion dollars and would not return a sample until the 2040's, noted Nelson, who said a re-evaluation of the mission ...