Back in July 2020, for example, the maximum total cost of the Mars sample return (MSR ... faster and less expensive version than the original plan," Nelson said. He added that, with the newly ...

The proposals present alternatives to the original Mars Sample Return program. Designed by NASA and the European Space Agency, the initial plan was deemed unwieldy after an independent review ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump says we’re going to Mars, but don’t start packing your bags just yet. There are a lot of reasons to doubt that his plans will get us to the Red Planet, and he may even ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) wants to develop key technologies for a Mars surface lander by the mid-2030s.

Earlier this month, outgoing NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and other agency officials presented two possible plans for the mission, known as Mars Sample Return, for the incoming administration.

One of the most audacious plans to come about recently hopes to put forests on Mars. The goal, according to a report on Inverse, is to build “forests” on the Red Planet so that people can ...

But the mission to return those Perseverance Mars rover samples to Earth is at a crossroads. One plan to return Perseverance's samples to Earth called for a lander to touch down near the rover ...

But the mission to return those Perseverance Mars rover samples to Earth is at a crossroads. One plan to return Perseverance's samples to Earth called for a lander to touch down near the rover, use a ...