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

The Perseverance rover has been collecting Martian rock samples since 2021, but NASA is still figuring out how to bring them ...

The space agency will provide a broadcast update on the marquee mission that is intended to recover samples of Martian rock ...

Bringing Martian rock and soil samples to Earth is among the top priorities of planetary scientists. By studying fresh rocks ...

"Springtime on Earth has lots of trickling as water ice gradually melts. But on Mars, everything happens with a bang," Serina ...

NASA announced Tuesday it may turn to Elon Musk's SpaceX or Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin to help reduce the soaring costs of ...

NASA's Mars Sample Return mission is only in development and has already struggled. Now, the agency has laid out two paths forward.

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 is pitching a cheaper and quicker way of getting rocks and soil back from Mars. Administrator Bill Nelson presented two ...

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson left a final decision on a new mission architecture to the next NASA administrator working ...

We're hurtling toward a new era of mega-rockets with enough power to send colonists to the red planet, but should we?

The agency is starting down two different paths toward the samples' return, but only one will bring the red rocks home.