NASA will explore two different strategies for fetching Mars rocks collected by the Perseverance rover, and there's a chance ...

Samples collected by Perseverance rover not expected until at least 2035, four years behind Tianwen-3’s ‘grab-and-go’ ...

President Donald Trump, not NASA, will decide the approach, with key differences in technology impacting cost and time ...

NASA sees two paths for saving its beleaguered plan to retrieve materials from the Red Planet but won’t choose between them ...

However, there is a problem—it's uncertain whether the samples can be returned to Earth for analysis. ...

Jezero Crater is the home of NASA's Perseverance rover. See a bird's-eye view of the crater with this animated flyover ...

Elon Musk's space ventures and Donald Trump's imminent return to the White House are poised to reshape space exploration. European players also want their seat at the table, but what can they do with ...

NASA has decided it's going to pursue parallel missions to attempt to retrieve samples of rock on Mars collected by rovers.

Geologically, Mars is very reminiscent of the moon. But it also looks a lot like the Earth. It all depends on who you ask.

To maximize chances of successfully bringing the first Martian rock and sediment samples to Earth for the benefit of humanity, NASA announced a new approach to its Mars Sample Return Program. The ...

To maximize chances of successfully bringing the first Martian rock and sediment samples to Earth for the benefit of humanity, NASA announced a new approach to its Mars Sample Return Program. The ...