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 ...

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 ...

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Firefly Aerospace will team up with NASA to explore the lunar surface's Gruithuisen Domes, using sophisticated instruments ...

Temperatures dropped a low as -22 degrees F in the northern Midwest on January 6 due to a powerful winter storm.

The Indian Space Research Organization's twin SpaDeX satellites will try to dock in orbit on tonight at around 9:30 p.m. EST (0230 Jan. 9 GMT/0800 IST).

One of these missions is the Outer Planet Atmosphere Legacy (OPAL) project, which involves Hubble making yearly observations ...

NASA's Mars Sample Return mission is only in development and has already struggled. Now, the agency has laid out two paths forward.

NASA is exploring two potential strategies to bring Mars samples back to Earth, aiming to simplify and reduce the cost of the ...

The funding, coming from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, will be used for purchasing new library devices, ...

The Mars Sample Return program has been way over budget and, according to NASA's administrator, has been "out of control." ...