We have long been inspired by the idea that life could reside on Mars – human or otherwise. But fiction is getting closer to ...

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

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

Researchers at NASA Langley are developing a next-gen system called MARVL (Modular Assembled Radiators for Nuclear Electric ...

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

NASA announced Tuesday that it is exploring two options to move forward with its mission to return samples from Mars at a ...

NASA's ambitious Mars sample-return mission faces budget and timeline challenges, but private space company Rocket Lab may ...

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

In April, after an independent review found “near zero probability” of Mars Sample Return making its proposed 2028 launch ...

NASA on Tuesday announced an overhaul to its plan to collect samples from Mars and return them to Earth. Agency officials ...

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