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

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

The agency is starting down two different paths toward the samples' return, but only one will bring the red rocks home.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson left a final decision on a new mission architecture to the next NASA administrator working ...

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

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

To maximize chances of successfully bringing the first Martian rock and sediment samples to Earth for the benefit of humanity ...

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 said in its announcement it is changing the plan for the spacecraft that will land on Mars to retrieve the samples and ...

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.

Perseverance, NASA’s Mars rover, has completed a daring ascent of Jezero Crater's rim, tackling steep grades and rugged ...

Perseverance gained about 1,640 vertical feet during the epic climb on Mars, which took 3.5 months. NASA's Perseverance rover has finished an epic climb on Mars. The Perseverance rover crested the ...