The aerospace giant says it can revive Mars Sample Return with a leaner, lower-cost approach drawing on proven designs.

In May, the White House released a budget proposal that would slash NASA funding. But a Senate appropriations plan would ...

The ISS has been operational for well over two decades, but its days are numbered. Here's what the plan for human habitation ...

NASA has arrived at two ways of returning samples collected on Mars to Earth. Now, the agency will test the options to see if the cache can make it back in the 2030s.

Earlier this month, outgoing NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and other agency officials presented two possible plans for the mission, known as Mars Sample Return, for the incoming administration ...

"Returning the scientifically selected samples that await us on Mars, as part of a balanced portfolio, will help to ensure the US does not cede leadership in deep space to other nations, such as China ...

Following months of deliberation, NASA has decided to pursue two alternative routes for its Mars Sample Return program, one of which elicits the help of the private industry.

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. NASA plans to send humans on a scientific round trip to Mars potentially as early as 2035. The trip will take about six to seven months ...

NASA scrapped its $11 billion scheme to grab Mars rocks that may point to alien life. Now it has a faster, cheaper plan.

NASA, in surprise shift, may launch rockets to Mars next year The move could benefit Elon Musk’s SpaceX company, which has announced plans to land a rocket on the planet.

NASA has released a new document that highlights planned programmatic paradigm shifts in Mars exploration over the next 20 years.

NASA has tapped seven private space companies to study possible solutions for the ballooning costs of the Mars Sample Return mission.