NASA’s Mars Rover Mission to Bring Samples Back Home From the Red Planet Is at Risk
An exploding budget and an unraveling schedule spell disappointment for NASA's mission to learn more about Mars's history.
China runs final tests of hypersonic air-to-air missile in extreme Mars mission tunnel
Heat-resistance testing has been conducted on a secretive Chinese weapon, in what is the first confirmation of its existence.
A rover has been collecting rocks from Mars for years. How will they get back to Earth?
A collection of Martian rocks could reveal details about potential past life on the Red Planet – but first NASA has to get ...
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NASA collected Mars rocks to haul to Earth. It still hasn’t decided how.
The Mars Sample Return mission has been ranked as the highest priority by planetary scientists, who hope to find signs of ...
NASA exploring two lower-cost options to go forward with Mars Sample Return mission
NASA announced Tuesday that it is exploring two options to move forward with its mission to return samples from Mars at a ...
NASA exploring 2 options to lower costs, speed up Mars Sample Return mission
NASA hopes a revised plan will get Mars samples back to Earth faster and cost less than the agency's original plan.
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NASA won't decide on overhaul for Mars Sample Return mission until mid-2026
NASA recently deemed this situation unacceptable. In April 2024, agency chief Bill Nelson announced that an overhaul of the ...
Josh was willing to die if it meant he could take a one-way 'suicide mission' trip to Mars
One hundred people were due to take a one-way trip to Mars in 2023 — and, while some experts say it was a suicide mission, ...
NASA's Mars Mission at a crossroads: Will Donald Trump’s administration fund the historic rock return from the Red Planet?
NASA's Mars Sample Return mission, aimed at analyzing Martian rock samples collected by the Perseverance rover, faces a ...
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NASA hedges its bets on costly Mars rock mission
Previously, the Mars Sample Return mission had been estimated to cost around 11 billion dollars and would not return a sample ...
China’s Mars mission leaves US for space dust with Nasa at least 4 years behind
Samples collected by Perseverance rover not expected until at least 2035, four years behind Tianwen-3’s ‘grab-and-go’ ...