NASA's new plan Related stories NASA must launch a mission that collects the samples from the Martian surface and launches them into Mars' orbit, where they must meet up with a European spacecraft ...

This illustration shows a concept for multiple robots that would team up to ferry to Earth samples collected from the Mars surface by NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA ...

The search for life on Mars has been a long-standing goal for scientists. In October of the previous year, a NASA study suggested that microbes might be able to survive under the frozen water on Mars' ...

NASA deposited 10 sealed tubes on the surface of Mars a couple of years ago as insurance in case Perseverance dies before the arrival of a retrieval mission. "We want to have the quickest ...

NASA’s troubled Mars Sample Return program is stuck at a crossroads—and is likely to remain in limbo until at least 2026—agency officials said at a press briefing on Tuesday. To bring this ...

Astronomers have discovered an exoplanet that might have favorable conditions for liquid water. This planet, HD 20794 d, ...

NASA officials stressed that both options would simplify things by having the sample tubes cleaned on the surface of Mars, versus in the returning spacecraft, and switching from solar to nuclear ...

For nearly half a century, NASA has been talking ... and ascent vehicle on Mars, taking advantage of competitive pricing that could assign the job of sending the surface hardware to Mars to ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has planned two new strategies to bring crucial samples from Mars to Earth, aiming for a return by the 2030s. These proposals offer ...

In what appears to be a jab at NASA, Rocket Lab this week unveiled its own plan to return rock and dust samples the space agency has been collecting from Mars ... the martian surface at the ...

controlling the pace of the phenomena on the surface, according to NASA. "The strange phenomena are just part of the seasonal changes on Mars," the space agency wrote. "The southern hemisphere has ...

Nasa has unveiled a revised plan to bring samples from the surface of Mars back to Earth. The space agency has announced it would be pursuing two potential options, both costing around $7billion, to ...