The Perseverance rover has been collecting Martian rock samples since 2021, but NASA is still figuring out how to bring them ...
NASA has arrived at two ways of returning samples collected on Mars to Earth. Now, the agency will test the options to see if ...
Anyone hoping for a clear path forward this year for NASA's imperiled Mars Sample Return mission will have to wait a little ...
NASA sees two paths for saving its beleaguered plan to retrieve materials from the Red Planet but won’t choose between them ...
The Mars Sample Return mission has been ranked as the highest priority by planetary scientists, who hope to find signs of ...
After the space agency punts a decision on the mission’s profile to 2026, Rocket Lab unveils its own Mars Sample Return plan.
NASA is considering two ways to get its precious Mars samples back to Earth but won't pick a winner for another 18 months or ...
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 will explore two different strategies for fetching Mars rocks collected by the Perseverance rover, and there's a chance ...
The Mars Sample Return program has been way over budget and, according to NASA's administrator, has been "out of control." ...
NASA's beleaguered Mars Sample Return program currently faces extreme costs of up to $11 billion and a timeline that could ...