These proposals offer alternatives to the original Mars Sample Return programme – a collaborative project between NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA). The initial plan, projected to cost up ...

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech There is a perception that NASA’s Mars Sample Return (MSR ... but that the cost would be high. The combination of first stage aerodynamic complexities and low leverage ...

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover found a 'one-of-a-kind treasure' on the rim of Jezero Crater, a rock that could help reveal ...

Both missions would cost somewhere between an estimated $ ... Nelson and the outgoing NASA team have not yet discussed Mars Sample Return with Jared Isaacman, President-elect Donald Trump’s ...

The Mars Sample Return mission, a joint NASA and European ... the mission’s complexity is driving billions of dollars in cost overruns, which could force a sample return to slip to the 2040s.

NASA’s Perseverance rover discovers 'Silver Mountain,' a unique Mars rock sample that may reveal secrets of ancient water activity, geology, and potential habitability.

A collection of Martian rocks could reveal details about potential past life on the Red Planet – but first NASA has to get them back to Earth.

NASA’s Perseverance rover has collected a sample from Mars that has textures “unlike anything we’ve ever seen before.” Known ...

NASA is currently considering the best way to carry out its Mars Sample Return mission, which will attempt to bring to Earth all of the material gathered by Perseverance during the course of its ...

NASA’s Mars rover has made a discovery ‘unlike anything we’ve ever seen’, and it could help scientists have a better ...