The Perseverance rover has been collecting Martian rock samples since 2021, but NASA is still figuring out how to bring them ...

NASA is pitching a cheaper and quicker way of getting rocks and soil back from Mars. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA is pitching ...

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 ...

For more than a year, scientists and aerospace engineers have been awaiting NASA’s decision on how to rescue the troubled ...

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

Previously, the Mars Sample Return mission had been estimated to cost around 11 billion dollars and would not return a sample ...

Space agency says it needs one more year to decide whether its own hardware or a contractor’s will return Martian samples to ...

NASA announced Tuesday their new approach to their Mars Sample Return Program. The agency will develop two landing architectures in parallel, promoting competition and innovation while aiming for cost ...

NASA announced Tuesday it may turn to Elon Musk's SpaceX or Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin to help reduce the soaring costs of ...