We have long been inspired by the idea that life could reside on Mars – human or otherwise. But fiction is getting closer to ...

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

A collection of Martian rocks could reveal details about potential past life on the Red Planet – but first NASA has to get ...

Nasa has been working on a range of technologies for astronauts to travel to and from Mars, which would take three years.

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

Mars is home to perhaps the greatest mystery of the solar system: the so-called Martian dichotomy, which has baffled scientists since it was discovered in the 1970s.

NASA has arrived at two ways of returning samples collected on Mars to Earth. Now, the agency will test the options to see if ...

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

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 ...

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