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

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

Dozens of samples of rock and sediment collected from Mars that could be used to detect ancient microbial life could be ...

"Even if a planet is in the habitable zone, if it has too small a water inventory, it transitions to an uninhabitable state." ...

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

The Mars Sample Return mission has been ranked as the highest priority by planetary scientists, who hope to find signs of ...

The Mars Sample Return effort was billions of dollars over budget and not expected to return to Earth with its samples until 2040.

Most of the Expedition 72 crew enjoyed a day off on Tuesday, while two NASA astronauts focused on cutting-edge human research ...

To maximize chances of successfully bringing the first Martian rock and sediment samples to Earth for the benefit of humanity ...

NASA is pitching a cheaper and quicker way of getting rocks and soil back from Mars, after seeing its original plan swell to ...

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

NASA astronaut Nick Hague will install patches to the agency’s NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) X-ray ...