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's Mars Sample Return mission is only in development and has already struggled. Now, the agency has laid out two paths ...
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson left a final decision on a new mission architecture to the next NASA administrator working ...
To maximize chances of successfully bringing the first Martian rock and sediment samples to Earth for the benefit of humanity ...
NASA will investigate two new approaches to bring its Mars samples to Earth through a mission proposal that is less expensive ...
The Mars Sample Return program has been way over budget and, according to NASA's administrator, has been "out of control." ...
NASA hopes a revised plan will get Mars samples back to Earth faster and cost less than the agency's original plan.
The Perseverance rover has been collecting Martian rock samples since 2021, but NASA is still figuring out how to bring them ...
A Mars Sample Return Strategic Review team NASA formed in October 2024 assessed the studies and recommended the sampling program’s main architecture, including schedule and cost estimates.
NASA has unveiled two revamped plans to bring Mars samples to Earth in the 2030s, reducing costs by nearly half from its ...
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.