The Mars Sample Return program has been way over budget and, according to NASA's administrator, has been "out of control." ...

The Mars Sample Return mission has been ranked as the highest priority by planetary scientists, who hope to find signs of ...

NASA will investigate two new approaches to bring its Mars samples to Earth through a mission proposal that is less expensive ...

“Pursuing two potential paths forward will ensure that NASA is able to bring these samples back from Mars with significant ...

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

NASA announced Tuesday it had narrowed down to two options the reworked Mars Sample Return mission aiming for a cheaper and ...

An image of the Mars Perseverance rover released by NASA on February 24, 2021, has been altered and shared in online posts ...

Space agency says it needs one more year to decide whether its own hardware or a contractor’s will return Martian samples to ...

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

The Mars Sample Return effort was billions of dollars over budget and not expected to return to Earth with its samples until 2040.

NASA announced Tuesday it may turn to Elon Musk's SpaceX or Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin to help reduce the soaring costs of returning Martian rocks collected by the Perseverance rover to Earth.

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