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

NASA sees two paths for saving its beleaguered plan to retrieve materials from the Red Planet but won’t choose between them ...

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

To maximize chances of successfully bringing the first Martian rock and sediment samples to Earth for the benefit of humanity ...

The agency is starting down two different paths toward the samples' return, but only one will bring the red rocks home.

The space agency said it is considering two options that would cost in the $6 billion to $7 billion range, including one that ...

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

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has recently taken a look at the Martian sky and captured stunning clouds of the red planet.As ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has found evidence of water on ancient Mars with "rippled textures" and "landslide debris" in the foothills of Mount Sharp. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech ...

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

NASA recently deemed this situation unacceptable. In April 2024, agency chief Bill Nelson announced that an overhaul of the ...