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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

ESA has more plans for the Red Planet. Its "Explore 2040" campaign includes LightShip, an electric propulsive tug that will deliver one or more passenger spacecraft to Mars, provide communications ...