Geologically, Mars is very reminiscent of the moon. But it also looks a lot like the Earth. It all depends on who you ask.

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

Bringing Martian rock and soil samples to Earth is among the top priorities of planetary scientists. By studying fresh rocks ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

NASA recently deemed this situation unacceptable. In April 2024, agency chief Bill Nelson announced that an overhaul of the ...

In April, after an independent review found “near zero probability” of Mars Sample Return making its proposed 2028 launch ...