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

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

Anyone hoping for a clear path forward this year for NASA's imperiled Mars Sample Return mission will have to wait a little ...

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

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

To maximize chances of successfully bringing the first Martian rock and sediment samples to Earth for the benefit of humanity ...

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

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

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

NASA proposes a quicker, cost-effective plan to bring Mars samples to Earth by 2030, reducing the mission cost from $11 ...

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