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 mission to return samples from Mars and potentially discover the first signs of alien life has a new timeline. The ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has made a groundbreaking discovery on Mars by uncovering pure sulfur crystals within a broken rock.

NASA's Mars Sample Return mission is only in development and has already struggled. Now, the agency has laid out two paths forward.

NASA is exploring two potential strategies to bring Mars samples back to Earth, aiming to simplify and reduce the cost of the ...

NASA on Tuesday announced an overhaul to its plan to collect samples from Mars and return them to Earth. Agency officials ...

NASA announced Tuesday it may turn to Elon Musk's SpaceX or Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin to help reduce the soaring costs of ...

A European service vehicle would help return the cigar-sized samples. The second option uses new commercial capabilities to ...

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

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