The cost and schedule for returning Mars samples has been significantly revised. NASA is looking for efficient alternatives to bring the valuable soil samples back to Earth faster and more ...

Coming off a record-setting 2024, SpaceX continued an aggressive launching schedule with the liftoff Wednesday morning of a ...

Among all the challenges of voyaging to and successfully landing on other worlds, the effective collection and study of soil and rock samples cannot be underestimated.

The images, captured on January 6 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument on NASA’s Aqua ...

NASA proposes a quicker, cost-effective plan to bring Mars samples to Earth by 2030, reducing the mission cost from $11 ...

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