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, ...

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’ ...

China’s lead in the race to bring rocks back from Mars has grown by a big margin ... they are still being collected by the rover, which landed in 2021 – is now 2035. In contrast, Chinese ...

This program is an mission to bring back soil samples collected by the Perseverance rover, which arrived on Mars in February 2021. Currently ... The likelihood of China surpassing the U.S ...

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

NASA announced Tuesday it may turn to Elon Musk's SpaceX or Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin to help reduce the soaring costs of returning Martian rocks collected by the Perseverance rover to Earth.

U.S. drone motor manufacturing by Orsani Inc. aims to compete with China's industry through innovative, American-made ...

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.

The NASA Perseverance rover has been gathering rocks and dust since it landed on Mars in February 2021. Scientists believe ... Previously, China has declared an interest in also returning samples ...