Aerospace giant Lockheed Martin offered to "execute Mars Sample Return (MSR) as a firm-fixed price solution for under $3 ...

NASA"s beleaguered Mars Sample Return mission may get a reprieve from an unexpected source. Lockheed Martin has proposed a ...

China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission could bring Red Planet rocks back to Earth as early as 2031—years ahead of ...

The origin of life is one of the most fundamental and enduring questions of mankind and one of the three greatest Origin ...

On Tuesday (Jan. 7), NASA's top brass will hold an audio-only press conference to update the public on its Mars sample return ...

NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image of its 26th collected rock sample, named “Silver Mountain,” using its onboard Sample Caching System Camera, located inside the rover’s ...

An independent review team is delivering a final report to NASA leadership to determine if the agency's Mars Sample Return mission is salvageable after facing scrutiny for its $11 billion budget.

Previously, the Mars Sample Return mission had been estimated to cost around 11 billion dollars and would not return a sample until the 2040's, noted Nelson, who said a re-evaluation of the ...

NASA's Perseverance rover is digging deeper into Mars' geologic past as it begins grinding into rock surfaces to expose ...

A rover has been collecting rocks from Mars for years. How will they get back to Earth? ... known as Mars Sample Return, for the incoming administration to consider next year.

China aims to launch the Tianwen-3 Mars mission by 2028, with sample return targeted for 2031, according to chief scientist ...

New images from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover show the first close-up views of a region scientists had previously observed only ...