In April, after an independent review found “near zero probability” of Mars Sample Return making its proposed 2028 launch ...

NASA recently deemed this situation unacceptable. In April 2024, agency chief Bill Nelson announced that an overhaul of the MSR strategy is in the works, saying that NASA will seek innovative new ...

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

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

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

The BriefNASA announced their new approach to their Mars Sample Return Program on Tuesday.The agency will develop two landing ...

An exploding budget and an unraveling schedule spell disappointment for NASA's mission to learn more about Mars's history.

NASA's beleaguered Mars Sample Return program currently faces extreme costs of up to $11 billion and a timeline that could reach 2040. The year 2025 isn't even a week old and NASA is already ...

To maximize chances of successfully bringing the first Martian rock and sediment samples to Earth for the benefit of humanity, NASA announced Tuesday a new approach to its Mars Sample Return Program.

NASA announced Tuesday it had narrowed down to two options the reworked Mars Sample Return mission aiming for a cheaper and quicker completion than the version that had been killed last year.

US company Firefly Aerospace said Tuesday it is aiming to launch a lander to the Moon next week under an experimental NASA program that partners with the commercial sector to reduce costs.Firefly ...

The company has outlined its proposed architecture to return martian rock and dust samples to Earth for research.