In a complicated maneuver, NASA and ESA wanted to bring soil samples from Mars to Earth. But that won't happen, the USA is ...

Congressional supporters of the Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission have buckled to pressure from the Trump administration to ...

After an independent review concluded NASA's plans to robotically collect and return rock and soil samples from Mars could cost up to $11 billion, NASA "pulled the plug" and is focusing on two options ...

NASA will analyze and explore two different landing options for its Mars Sample Return program, though it will take almost two years to do so and is expected to announce its decision in late 2026. The ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s plan to bring samples from Mars back to Earth is on hold until there’s a faster, cheaper way, space agency officials said Monday. Retrieving Mars soil and rocks has ...

U.S. plans to return Mars samples face delays as China advances its own mission. Scientists and policymakers debate costs, timelines, and the role of sample return in future Mars exploration ...

The Mars Sample Return (MSR), one of NASA’s most critical programs designed to bring pristinely sampled Mars rocks inside 30 titanium tubes to Earth, just hit a major roadblock. On Monday, NASA ...

NASA's Mars Sample Return program, aiming to bring Martian samples back to Earth, faces significant budget overruns, with projected costs exceeding $8 billion and a return date pushed to 2040. In ...

On Monday, Congress made good on those promises, releasing a $24.4 billion budget plan for NASA as part of the conferencing ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is pitching a cheaper and quicker way of getting rocks and soil back from Mars, after seeing its original plan swell to $11 billion. Administrator Bill Nelson ...

NASA scientists opened an untouched rock and soil sample from the Moon returned to Earth on Apollo 17, marking the first time in more than 40 years a pristine sample of rock and regolith from the ...