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

The trip to Mars and back is not one for the faint of heart. We're not talking days, weeks, or months. But there are ...

So I grabbed my camera, ran outside, and looked up just as Mars was supposed to emerge from the Moon's curved horizon. Seen ...

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, ...

Trump confidant Elon Musk wants NASA to drop its ambitious plans to return to the moon and instead head straight to Mars.

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 Mars Sample Return mission has been ranked as the highest priority by planetary scientists, who hope to find signs of ...

NASA announced Tuesday that it is exploring two options to move forward with its mission to return samples from Mars at a ...

Recent exceptional rock discoveries have only mounted pressure on NASA to solve the problems facing its Mars Sample Return mission, its plan to fly bits of rock, dust, and air collected by ...

NASA recently deemed this situation unacceptable. In April 2024, agency chief Bill Nelson announced that an overhaul of the ...

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