Elon Musk has taken aim at NASA for focusing on exploring the Moon rather than launching missions to Mars. The Red Planet has ...

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 project intends to bring Mars samples to Earth. The Perseverance rover has been gathering rocks and soil since 2021.

Since its deployment in February 2021, Perseverance has been diligently collecting samples of Martian rock and soil, which are currently stored in canisters on the planet's surface.

In October 2024, NASA announced the assembly of a new team to assess the future of the Mars Sample Return mission, with a full report anticipated by the end of 2024. Odds are good that the livestream ...

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With 10 instruments and technology tests, Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander is part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload ...

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

After a long career as a politician from Florida, former astronaut Bill Nelson has served as NASA's administrator for the ...

NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission faces a pivotal moment. With costs soaring and timelines slipping, the agency is rethinking ...

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter, which flew on Mars in April 2021, became the first aircraft to achieve powered, controlled flight on a planet other than Earth.

New Insights Into How Mars Became Uninhabitable Oct. 7, 2024 — NASA's Curiosity rover, currently exploring Gale crater on Mars, is providing new details about how the ancient Martian climate ...