Delaying Mars Sample Return will make the human exploration of Mars significantly more expensive and dangerous — and for the ...

While Mars sample return is high on NASA's wish list, the agency does plan to send astronauts to the moon to collect samples. again This time, it will be as part of the Artemis program, which may ...

The fiscal year 2020 budget proposal sought $109 million for work on future Mars missions, principally sample return, building upon the $50 million requested in 2019.

HELSINKI — China is working on a complex mission to collect Mars rock samples and deliver them to Earth by building on the successes of recent moon and Mars missions. The mission, likely to be ...

NASA's mission is to return rock, soil and others samples to Earth for study. NASA announced Monday it is revising plans for its Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission due to the estimated cost and long ...

The MSR mission is set to begin in 2026 and will begin with a rocket launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida that will deploy a Mars-bound spacecraft. When it reaches Mars, the spacecraft ...

An independent review team is delivering a final report to NASA leadership to determine if the agency's Mars Sample Return mission is salvageable after facing scrutiny for its $11 billion budget.

Mars Sample Return now! (op-ed) Japan tests its Mars moon sample-return probe ahead of 2026 launch (photo) Trump's 2026 budget plan would cancel NASA's Mars Sample Return mission.

Curiosity, which landed on Mars in 2012, is still active; its twin, Perseverance, which landed on Mars in 2021, will play a crucial role in the sample return mission. Why astronomers want Mars samples ...

Mars Sample Return has blown a hole in NASA’s budget, which threatens other missions that need funding. The NASA center behind the mission, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, just laid off over 500 ...