To that end, NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars has already collected and cached a bevy of samples since it arrived on the planet in 2021. "The agency's Mars Sample Return Program has been a major ...

The briefing will include NASA's efforts to complete its goals of returning scientifically selected samples from Mars to Earth while ... Audio of the media call will stream live on the agency's ...

Any vehicle traversing the rocky terrain on Mars needs a sturdy set of wheels. NASA’s Perseverance rover, for example, sports ...

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

A collection of Martian rocks could reveal details about potential past life on the Red Planet – but first NASA has to get ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover is studying rocks that show several eras in the history of a river delta billions of years old.

The adverse environment is challenging for humans to land on and explore. This is where a Mars rover comes in handy. The Zhurong Mars rover is named after the mythological fire deity Zhurong and ...

The Perseverance rover has been gathering samples from Jezero Crater. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has planned two new strategies to bring crucial samples from Mars to ...

A Mars rover descends to the surface of the planet with the help of the sky crane system. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech illustration For both new approaches, the mission’s landing system would ...

NASA's mission is to return rock, soil and others samples to Earth for study. NASA announced Tuesday that it's exploring two landing options to move forward with its mission to retrieve ...