NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has been on the prowl within Jezero Crater following its touchdown in February 2021. That ...

NASA has big goals for Mars. The agency wants to collect the first samples from the Martian surface and return them to Earth ...

After billions of dollars in spending and decades of planning, NASA may be forced to abandon precious samples of air, rock ...

The Donald Trump administration's budget proposal has sparked concerns at NASA as it could lead to cancellation of several major missions. One of these missions is the Mars Sample Return which has ...

The White House's 2026 budget request axes NASA's long-held plan to bring Mars samples to Earth for analysis. Here's why that ...

Potential Trump administration funding cuts at NASA would take a blowtorch to space science and American leadership in space.

Observers say proposed cuts to science and other programs undermine increased funding for human space exploration efforts.

The White House’s proposal to cut NASA’s budget by nearly 25% drew criticism from industry and members of Congress, and ...

The proposed budget would also axe NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission, suggesting that the plan to return rocky samples from Mars by way of a fleet of robots can be carried out by a human mission ...

NASA will update the public on the Mars Sample Return mission during a press conference on January 7, 2025. The agency aims to reduce costs, risks, and mission complexity, following significant ...

Mars Sample Return has been on NASA's radar since mid ... Returning samples from Mars will enable "risk reduction" for human missions, Jakosky added. It would allow us to determine the risk ...