NASA is getting excited about a special rock that its Perseverance rover has just scooped up from the surface of Mars.

A new paper released today documents the first soil, airfall dust, and rock fragment samples collected by NASA for return ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has collected a unique rock sample named 'Silver Mountain' from Mars' Jezero Crater, marking a significant milestone. This sample is sealed in a titanium tube for return ...

Mars represents one of the most promising locations in our solar system to search for signs of past or present life ...

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech There is a perception that NASA’s Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission is being delayed by indecision, but the real delay has been multiple decades of seeking a heritage ...

The Perseverance Mars rover has collected a ... After cost projections rose to $11 billion and the sample return timeline was extended to no earlier than 2040, NASA began overhauling the plan ...

We can deliver MSR mission success too.” The Mars Sample Return mission, a joint NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) program, would mark the first time samples from another planet have been ...

The NASA Mars Sample Return Program plans to bring these samples to Earth (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS) The rover has journeyed across more than 20 miles, according to an interactive map that ...

Under either scenario, the ascent vehicle would still rely on an Earth-transit ship built by the ESA to carry ... the outgoing NASA team have not yet discussed Mars Sample Return with Jared ...