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

From windswept craters to frigid ice caps, explore Martian landscapes through the eyes of NASA’s orbiters, probes and rovers ...

Researchers have discovered two sets of ancient wave ripples on Mars, signatures of long-dried bodies of water preserved in ...

The Perseverance rover has been collecting Martian rock samples since 2021, but NASA is still figuring out how to bring them ...

The Perseverance rover has been gathering samples from Jezero Crater. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has planned two new strategies to bring crucial samples from Mars to ...

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

This photomontage shows tubes containing samples from Mars, as collected by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. The agency’s Mars Sample Return Program plans to bring these samples back to study ...

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

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

The Mars Sample Return effort was billions of dollars over budget and not expected to return to Earth with its samples until 2040.

In October 2024, NASA announced the assembly of a new team to assess the future of the Mars Sample Return mission, with a full report anticipated by the end of 2024. Odds are good that the livestream ...

The space agency said it is considering two options that would cost in the $6 billion to $7 billion range, including one that ...