Researchers have been looking for life on Mars for a long time, and they might have found it on one occasion, only to destroy ...

The University of Arizona conceived of and ran the Phoenix mission, which landed near the north pole of Mars in May of 2008; it is the first Mars mission ever led by a university. Usage only ...

Artist's rendering of a Mars lander that could retrieve Perseverance's samples and send them to Earth. (Credit: NASA/ESA/JPL-Caltech/GSFC/MSFC) ...

A world-leading designer of space robots says gigantic new rockets being tested by billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are ...

Mars Sample Retrieval Lander Concept Illustration: A Sample Retrieval Lander would launch in 2028, carrying a NASA-led Mars rocket and small Mars helicopters. JPL-Caltech/NASA At the time ...

In that scenario, NASA would use new commercial technology, untested on Mars, like a heavy lander, Nelson said. Both paths would cost around $6 or $7 billion and deliver the samples to Earth ...

Ultimately, NASA settled on two options, with the key difference being the way a Mars sample retrieval lander is delivered to the planet’s surface. Similarly, Mars Sample Return requires the ...

One plan to return Perseverance's samples to Earth called for a lander to touch down near the rover, use a sophisticated robotic arm (or perhaps robotic drones like NASA's Ingenuity Mars ...

Ultimately, NASA settled on two options, with the key difference being the way a Mars sample retrieval lander is delivered to the planet’s surface. Option 1 is the sky crane method, which NASA ...

NASA will investigate two new approaches to bring its Mars samples to Earth through a mission proposal that is less expensive and technically complicated. Either change in the mission's design ...

To maximize chances of successfully bringing the first Martian rock and sediment samples to Earth for the benefit of humanity, NASA ... the lander payload to the surface of Mars.