The agency is starting down two different paths toward the samples' return, but only one will bring the red rocks home.

NASA officials had an earlier plan to bring the Mars samples back to Earth, but the program slammed into a budgetary ...

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

To maximize chances of successfully bringing the first Martian rock and sediment samples to Earth for the benefit of humanity ...

The space agency said it is considering two options that would cost in the $6 billion to $7 billion range, including one that ...

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

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

Anyone hoping for a clear path forward this year for NASA's imperiled Mars Sample Return mission will have to wait a little ...

The Perseverance rover has been collecting Martian rock samples since 2021, but NASA is still figuring out how to bring them ...

NASA on Tuesday announced an overhaul to its plan to collect samples from Mars and return them to Earth. Agency officials ...

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

NASA announced Tuesday it may turn to Elon Musk's SpaceX or Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin to help reduce the soaring costs of ...