An exploding budget and an unraveling schedule spell disappointment for NASA's mission to learn more about Mars's history.
The spacecraft was supposed to soar across the Gulf of Mexico on a near loop around the world similar to previous test ...
SpaceX's Starship blasted off from south Texas, successfully completing the rocket booster return and catch for the second time ever. Then SpaceX lost the rocket.
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 wants to return Mars samples to Earth, but budget problems and technical woes have the mission caught between a rock and ...
NASA's beleaguered Mars Sample Return program currently faces extreme costs of up to $11 billion and a timeline that could ...
NASA announced Tuesday that it is exploring two options to move forward with its mission to return samples from Mars at a ...
NASA hopes a revised plan will get Mars samples back to Earth faster and cost less than the agency's original plan.
The first big launch belongs to SpaceX, which is sending its Blue Ghost lunar lander to the moon in January 2025. It's set to ...
We're hurtling toward a new era of mega-rockets with enough power to send colonists to the red planet, but should we?
The company has outlined its proposed architecture to return martian rock and dust samples to Earth for research.
Florida’s sky briefly lit up during the night as one of a handful of big new American-made rockets took flight. It was the first time a new space company achieved orbit on the first launch attempt.