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 ... Mars sample return mission. Today (Jan. 7), NASA's top brass will ...

NASA's timeline calls for a crewed mission to the moon by 2024 ... The challenge of landing safely Landing a manned spaceship on Mars will be extremely difficult. The planet's atmosphere is ...

The race to return to the Moon and push beyond has entered a new, more intense phase. While Elon Musk and NASA have been ...

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 to unveil new Mars Sample Return mission strategies Perseverance rover’s Mars samples key to Mars exploration Timeline pushed back to 2040 due to rising costs ...

Related: NASA wants new ideas for its troubled Mars Sample Return mission NASA recently deemed this situation unacceptable. In April 2024, agency chief Bill Nelson announced that an overhaul of ...

NASA has announced revisions to its Mars Sample Return Program, aiming to simplify the mission, reduce costs, and expedite the timeline for bringing Martian soil samples to Earth. The initial plan ...

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