NASA has announced potential plans to retrieve rock samples from Mars. Scientists aim to investigate whether extraterrestrial ...

NASA unveils a groundbreaking approach to bring Martian rock samples back to Earth by 2026, introducing competition between ...

After the space agency punts a decision on the mission’s profile to 2026, Rocket Lab unveils its own Mars Sample Return plan.

NASA torn over two plans to bring rock samples from Mars: recreating a previous rocket method or getting a lander from a ...

The departing leadership of NASA outlined a simpler, less expensive plan to return science samples from Mars, hoping the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump and the new U.S.

NASA has decided it's going to pursue parallel missions to attempt to retrieve samples of rock on Mars collected by rovers.

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

NASA will explore two different strategies for fetching Mars rocks collected by the Perseverance rover, and there's a chance ...

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

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

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