NASA's mission to return samples from Mars and potentially discover the first signs of alien life has a new timeline. The ...
NASA officials had an earlier plan to bring the Mars samples back to Earth, but the program slammed into a budgetary ...
The agency is starting down two different paths toward the samples' return, but only one will bring the red rocks home.
To maximize chances of successfully bringing the first Martian rock and sediment samples to Earth for the benefit of humanity ...
Anyone hoping for a clear path forward this year for NASA's imperiled Mars Sample Return mission will have to wait a little ...
The Perseverance rover has been collecting Martian rock samples since 2021, but NASA is still figuring out how to bring them ...
Dozens of samples of rock and sediment collected from Mars that could be used to detect ancient microbial life could be ...
NASA hopes a revised plan will get Mars samples back to Earth faster and cost less than the agency's original plan.
NASA will investigate two new approaches to bring its Mars samples to Earth through a mission proposal that is less expensive ...
The Mars Sample Return mission has been ranked as the highest priority by planetary scientists, who hope to find signs of ...
NASA has arrived at two ways of returning samples collected on Mars to Earth. Now, the agency will test the options to see if ...