We have long been inspired by the idea that life could reside on Mars – human or otherwise. But fiction is getting closer to reality, says NASA’s former chief scientist, Jim Green. “NASA’s plan, in the long run,

An exploding budget and an unraveling schedule spell disappointment for NASA's mission to learn more about Mars's history.

Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars will appear to line up and be bright enough to see with the naked eye in the first few hours after dark. This weekend, Venus and Saturn get especially cozy.

For centuries, we have been gazing into space with fascination, dreaming of travelling to distant planets. To make these plans a reality, NASA is working on a project that could facilitate our journey to Mars,

"Personnel who are able to telework for the week are encouraged to do so, as full and final clean up of the facility is completed."

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

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

NASA has arrived at two ways of returning samples collected on Mars to Earth. Now, the agency will test the options to see if the cache can make it back in the 2030s.

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

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

NASA has announced two new approaches to the Mars sample return mission that could save billions of dollars and at least a year in the timeline.

NASA will explore two different strategies for fetching Mars rocks collected by the Perseverance rover, and there's a chance these samples contain evidence of alien life.