An exploding budget and an unraveling schedule spell disappointment for NASA's mission to learn more about Mars's history.

NASA announced Tuesday that it is exploring two options to move forward with its mission to return samples from Mars at a ...

The company has outlined its proposed architecture to return martian rock and dust samples to Earth for research.

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.

The Mars Sample Return effort was billions ... the European Space Agency to bring the rocks back — were to launch in 2026, and NASA’s share of the cost would be $3 billion.

NASA hopes a revised plan will get Mars samples back to Earth faster and cost less than the agency's original plan.

NASA is weighing two options to return samples from Mars — one using proven technology and another that seeks help from ...

The spacecraft was supposed to soar across the Gulf of Mexico on a near loop around the world similar to previous test ...

use a sophisticated robotic arm (or perhaps robotic drones like NASA's Ingenuity Mars helictoper) to collect the samples from Perserverance and store them in a rocket that would then launch into ...

NASA is looking to simplify plans to return a cache of science samples collected by the ongoing Mars Perseverance rover mission. The original architecture, conceptualized here, could cost up to $ ...