Mars, NASA and Earth

NASA’s Mars Sample Return Program Faces Stark Choices
NASA sees two paths for saving its beleaguered plan to retrieve materials from the Red Planet but won’t choose between them until 2026
NASA Is One Step Closer to Bringing Mars Samples to Earth
The agency is starting down two different paths toward the samples' return, but only one will bring the red rocks home.
NASA overhauls plan to bring samples from Mars back to Earth
NASA on Tuesday announced an overhaul to its plan to collect samples from Mars and return them to Earth.Agency officials said they have decided to scrap parts of their original plan to cut down on the mission’s technical difficulty and cost and to shorten the timeline for when the samples could be brought back.
NASA pitches cheaper, faster plan to bring Mars samples to Earth
NASA has unveiled two revamped plans to bring Mars samples to Earth in the 2030s, reducing costs by nearly half from its initial $11 billion proposal while expediting the timeline.
NASA proposes cheaper and quicker way to get Mars rocks and soil to Earth
NASA is pitching a cheaper and quicker way of getting rocks and soil back from Mars. Administrator Bill Nelson presented two options on Tuesday, less than two weeks before stepping down as NASA's chief.
NASA punts Mars Sample Return decision to the next administration
Anyone hoping for a clear path forward this year for NASA’s imperiled Mars Sample Return mission will have to wait a little longer. The agency has settled on two potential strategies for the first effort to bring rock and soil from another planet back to Earth for study,
After Long Hiatus Over Faulty Spacesuit, NASA Plans Back-to-Back ISS Spacewalks
Two Stranded Starliner astronauts will exit the space station for the first NASA spacewalks scheduled in over six months.
NASA scrapped its $11 billion scheme to grab Mars rocks that may point to alien life. Now it has a faster, cheaper plan.
NASA's mission to return samples from Mars and potentially discover the first signs of alien life has a new timeline. The ...
NASA collected Mars rocks to haul to Earth. It still hasn’t decided how.
The Mars Sample Return mission has been ranked as the highest priority by planetary scientists, who hope to find signs of ...
‘8 Earths packed tight’: NASA discovers super-earth in a rare planetary system
Earth' 750 light-years away, with 8 Earth masses packed into 1.6x Earth’s size, orbiting its star in just 21 hours.
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Earth’s magnetic field has a dent, and NASA is watching closely
NASA monitors the South Atlantic Anomaly, a growing magnetic field disturbance affecting satellites and spacecraft.
Fire Meets Zero Gravity As NASA Preps for Major Spacewalks
Wednesday was a busy day aboard the International Space Station (ISS), as the crew tackled cutting-edge microgravity research ...
‘10 billion pixels’: NASA-ISRO’s NISAR to capture Earth’s changes down to the centimeter
NASA-ISRO’s NISAR mission will track Earth’s changes to the centimeter using dual-band radar, offering unprecedented insights ...
Earth's mini moon makes big comeback—but not for long
During its recent mini-moon stint, scientists studied the 2024 PT5 from Earth. Based on the cosmic object's composition and ...