As Mars approaches opposition this month, it will become a dazzling spectacle in the night sky. See it at its best now, or ...

NASA sees two paths for saving its beleaguered plan to retrieve materials from the Red Planet but won’t choose between them ...

NASA's mission to return samples from Mars and potentially discover the first signs of alien life has a new timeline. The ...

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NASA has arrived at two ways of returning samples collected on Mars to Earth. Now, the agency will test the options to see if ...

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

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

NASA's beleaguered Mars Sample Return program currently faces extreme costs of up to $11 billion and a timeline that could ...

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

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