China has conducted two spacewalks from its Tiangong space station in as many months and is advancing on its lunar exploration plans with a successful pad abort test of its crewed Mengzhou capsule.

The aerospace giant says it can revive Mars Sample Return with a leaner, lower-cost approach drawing on proven designs.

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 ...

See Rocket Lab's "proposed mission architecture" for a Mars sample return mission in this animation. Credit: Rocket Lab ...

The spacecraft now almost tips upside down relative to Mars to give its radar the best view. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ...

The budget will be cutting numerous programs, including the Mars Sample Return mission, a joint NASA and European Space Agency campaign to send Martian soil and rock samples collected by the ...