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

The trip to Mars and back is not one for the faint of heart. We're not talking days, weeks, or months. But there are ...

As a curious and intrepid civilization wanting to learn more about the unknown parts of our solar system, it stands to reason there's going to be human-manufactured waste related to space exploration.

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 ...

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

NASA announced Tuesday it had narrowed down to two options the reworked Mars Sample Return mission aiming for a cheaper and ...

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

Zuber and colleagues are to assess all the study outputs ... Looming large in space and time for sampling of Mars is China's Tianwen-3 mission that could retrieve specimens for lab looks here ...

SPACEX’S Starship is preparing for its seventh test flight next week, which will see the rocket attempt to deploy fake satellites in space. It will be the first time the rocket has ejected ...

Anthropologists Call for Tracking and Preservation of Human Artifacts on Mars Dec. 16, 2024 — Anthropologists argue physical artifacts of human exploration on Mars deserve cataloging ...

associate administrator of NASA's science mission directorate. "My priority is to find a path forward for Mars Sample Return within a balanced overall science program," said Fox. "All of these new ...