NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity seen flying during a fight. The Perseverance rover can be seen in the distance during the flight in an enhanced color image. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA ...

2024 — Geologists determined the original orientation of many of the Mars bedrock samples collected by the Perseverance rover. The findings can give scientists clues to the conditions in which ...

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

Perseverance's past year operating on the surface of Mars was filled with some of the mission's highest highs, but also some ...

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

NASA has announced an overhaul to its plan to bring samples from Mars back to Earth. Agency officials have decided to scrap ...

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

NASA is considering two ways to get its precious Mars samples back to Earth but won't pick a winner for another 18 months or ...

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

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