NASA will explore two different strategies for fetching Mars rocks collected by the Perseverance rover, and there's a chance ...

The Perseverance rover has been collecting Martian rock samples since 2021, but NASA is still figuring out how to bring them ...

NASA torn over two plans to bring rock samples from Mars: recreating a previous rocket method or getting a lander from a ...

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

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson left a final decision on a new mission architecture to the next NASA administrator working ...

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

The Perseverance rover has collected Martian rock samples in two different ways, which NASA believes may contain evidence of ...

NASA is pitching a cheaper and quicker way of getting rocks and soil back from Mars. Administrator Bill Nelson presented two ...

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

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

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