NASA will analyze and explore two different landing options for its Mars Sample Return program, though it will take almost ...

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

NASA is exploring two potential strategies to bring Mars samples back to Earth, aiming to simplify and reduce the cost of the ...

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

Anyone hoping for a clear path forward this year for NASA's imperiled Mars Sample Return mission will have to wait a little ...

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

Recent exceptional rock discoveries have only mounted pressure on NASA to solve the problems facing its Mars Sample Return mission, its plan to fly bits of rock, dust, and air collected by ...

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

NASA's beleaguered Mars Sample Return program currently faces extreme costs of up to $11 billion and a timeline that could ...

NASA announced Tuesday their new approach to their Mars Sample Return Program. The agency will develop two landing ...

The Perseverance rover has been collecting Martian rock samples since 2021, but NASA is still figuring out how to bring them ...

NASA has unveiled two revamped plans to bring Mars samples to Earth in the 2030s, reducing costs by nearly half from its ...