China has planned to launch the robotic mission in 2028 and return with about one pound of samples.

Lockheed Martin is trying to position itself as a savior for many NASA missions currently facing the chopping block at the hands of the Trump administration. The administration has already detailed ...

NASA's long-planned Mars Sample Return mission is in serious trouble. A flagship endeavor meant to retrieve rock samples collected by the Perseverance rover is now facing budget cuts, delays, and some ...

The robotic Tianwen-3 mission would travel to the Red Planet, collect 500 grams of samples and return them to Earth by 2031.

Japan Phobos mission 2026: JAXA will launch its MMX spacecraft on Oct. 19, carrying instruments to collect Phobos regolith ...

China narrows Tianwen-3 Mars sample return landing site selection, seeking traces of life China will select a final landing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA's Mars Sample Return program has been effectively cancelled, meaning the best evidence of life on Mars could be trapped in ...

A mission called Mars Sample Return (MSR) is currently being cooked up over at NASA, and it's so incredibly complex and expensive that it has the agency's people running like crazy from place to place ...

The new test proved the capability of a new propellant that will enhance the rocket's performance, making a sample return mission from Mars increasingly viable. Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...

China's Tianwen-3 mission is seeking evidence of whether life has ever existed on Mars, aiming to collect high-value Martian samples and conduct detailed analyses after bringing them to Earth, the ...

For several years now the biggest space agencies in the Western world have been struggling to get going the Mars Sample Return mission, perhaps the most ambitious robotic space mission ever undertaken ...