NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has been on the prowl within Jezero Crater following its touchdown in February 2021. That ...

After billions of dollars in spending and decades of planning, NASA may be forced to abandon precious samples of air, rock ...

The Donald Trump administration's budget proposal has sparked concerns at NASA as it could lead to cancellation of several major missions. One of these missions is the Mars Sample Return which has ...

Observers say proposed cuts to science and other programs undermine increased funding for human space exploration efforts.

The White House’s proposal to cut NASA’s budget by nearly 25% drew criticism from industry and members of Congress, and ...

The proposed budget would also axe NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission, suggesting that the plan to return rocky samples from Mars by way of a fleet of robots can be carried out by a human mission ...

It would also cancel the Mars Sample Return mission, a joint project with the European Space Agency to bring back rock samples collected by the Perseverance rover and analyze them for signs of ...

Mars Sample Return has been on NASA's radar since mid ... Returning samples from Mars will enable "risk reduction" for human missions, Jakosky added. It would allow us to determine the risk ...

It would also cancel the Mars Sample Return mission, a joint project with the European Space Agency to bring back rock samples collected by the Perseverance rover and analyze them for signs of ...