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

It is still not clear what exactly fell onto a Kenyan village last month, but such events are likely to become increasingly ...

Research and development is underway to create robots that can hunt for signs of life in the vast oceans that exist under the ...

NASA will investigate two new approaches to bring its Mars samples to Earth through a mission proposal that is less expensive ...

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

For more than a year, scientists and aerospace engineers have been awaiting NASA’s decision on how to rescue the troubled ...

Space agency says it needs one more year to decide whether its own hardware or a contractor’s will return Martian samples to ...

Two new potential strategies for returning crucial samples from Mars to Earth by the 2030s are now on the table, ...

NASA announced Tuesday it had narrowed down to two options the reworked Mars Sample Return mission aiming for a cheaper and ...

The Mars Sample Return effort was billions of dollars over budget and not expected to return to Earth with its samples until 2040.