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

NASA will analyze and explore two different landing options for its Mars Sample Return program, though it will take almost ...

NASA on Tuesday announced an overhaul to its plan to collect samples from Mars and return them to Earth. Agency officials ...

The soil samples collected by the Mars rover Perseverance are to be scientifically examined on Earth. The costly return ...

NASA has announced revisions to its Mars Sample Return Program, aiming to simplify the mission, reduce costs, and expedite ...

China's Tianwen-3 mission aims to return Martian soil by 2031, outpacing NASA’s delayed Mars sample return mission, now set ...

NASA announced Tuesday that it is exploring two options to move forward with its mission to return samples from Mars at a ...

NASA is weighing two options to return samples from Mars — one using proven technology and another that seeks help from ...

The Mars Sample Return effort was billions of dollars over budget and not expected to return to Earth with its samples until 2040.

NASA has unveiled two revamped plans to bring Mars samples to Earth in the 2030s, reducing costs by nearly half from its ...

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