An exploding budget and an unraveling schedule spell disappointment for NASA's mission to learn more about Mars's history.

NASA’s Curiosity rover is skygazing and photographing lovely examples of noctilucent clouds on Mars. The wispy formations ...

While the beans in the photo might resemble beans, the probe actually captured images of large frozen dunes on Mars. NASA has ...

A famous illustration of Saturn's moon Titan got it all wrong. Never mind -- what we imagine space to be, and what we know it ...

NASA has arrived at two ways of returning samples collected on Mars to Earth. Now, the agency will test the options to see if ...

NASA hopes a revised plan will get Mars samples back to Earth faster and cost less than the agency's original plan.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has planned two new strategies to bring crucial samples from Mars to ...

The ascent vehicle would be stacked onto the lander. The ascent vehicle would meet up with yet another spacecraft in Mars orbit, one built by the European Space Agency, NASA’s partner in the ...

NASA last year asked industry and others to come up with better options to ensure the samples arrive on Earth in the 2030s.

The Mars Sample Return effort was billions of dollars over budget and not expected to return to Earth with its samples until 2040.

The sun’s magnetic field and Mars and the moon will be discussed Sunday at the Indiana University Kokomo Observatory. The free-to-attend event begins at 7 p.m. and will feature a discussion about NASA ...

NASA has announced revisions to its Mars Sample Return Program, aiming to simplify the mission, reduce costs, and expedite ...