Previously, the Mars Sample Return mission had been estimated to cost around 11 billion dollars and would not return a sample ...

However, mission ... Mars for more than 12 years, also sustained some serious damage this year. Images released in September show a series of holes in the rover's middle right wheel, including ...

"Since 1971, at least sixteen missions have contributed to the development of the archaeological record of Mars," the team wrote ... pieces of the aluminum wheels (for example, from the Curiosity ...

The rover looked over the rim and also back at its wheel tracks ... allowed the rover to get a little more purchase. "No Mars rover mission has tried to climb up a mountain this big this ...

A map of Mars created by the study’s authors highlights various mission sites and other human-made artifacts ... all the way down to a broken wheel on a rover or a helicopter blade, which represents ...

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

NASA announced Tuesday that it is exploring two options to move forward with its mission to return samples from Mars at a ...

He said the Senate currently is budgeting $200 million for ongoing development of the Mars Sample Return mission in NASA's fiscal 2025 budget. The House number is $600 million. Whatever number is ...

Instead, the mission could again use the sky crane system, which had successfully deployed the Curiosity and Perseverance robotic rovers that are currently exploring Mars. The sky crane lowers the ...

NASA announced Tuesday that it's exploring two landing options to move forward with its mission to retrieve environmental samples from Mars at a lower cost. The goal of the Mars Sample Return ...