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

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

The Perseverance rover has collected Martian rock samples in two different ways, which NASA believes may contain evidence of ...

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

The space agency will provide a broadcast update on the marquee mission that is intended to recover samples of Martian rock ...

Bottom from left: acquired Jan. 31, 2022, acquired Nov. 24, 2021. (NASA via AP) This image provided by NASA shows ...

The first approach involves utilizing NASA’s proven sky crane technology, which successfully delivered the Perseverance rover ...

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

Previously, the Mars Sample Return mission had been estimated to cost around 11 billion dollars and would not return a sample ...

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.

<p><strong>By MARCIA DUNN</strong></p><p>CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA <a href="https://apnews.com/article/nasa-mars-rover-sample-return ...