NASA scrapped its $11 billion scheme to grab Mars rocks that may point to alien life. Now it has a faster, cheaper plan.
NASA's mission to return samples from Mars and potentially discover the first signs of alien life has a new timeline. The ...
NASA defers decision on Mars Sample Return to the Trump administration
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson left a final decision on a new mission architecture to the next NASA administrator working ...
DeSantis proposes NASA headquarters in Florida, lauds new space consortium
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants NASA to relocate its headquarters from Washington, D.C., to the Kennedy Space Center in ...
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NASA Is One Step Closer to Bringing Mars Samples to Earth
The agency is starting down two different paths toward the samples' return, but only one will bring the red rocks home.
NASA’s plans to get Mars rocks delivered to the Utah desert are changing
Bringing Martian rock and soil samples to Earth is among the top priorities of planetary scientists. By studying fresh rocks ...
China’s Mars mission leaves US for space dust with Nasa at least 4 years behind
Samples collected by Perseverance rover not expected until at least 2035, four years behind Tianwen-3’s ‘grab-and-go’ ...
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From Washington D.C. to Space: Astronauts and NASA Admin's Captivating ISS Discussion
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station, including Suni Williams, Nick Hague, Don Pettit, and Butch Wilmore, ...
NASA proposes cheaper, quicker way to get Mars rocks and soil to Earth
The space agency said it is considering two options that would cost in the $6 billion to $7 billion range, including one that ...
Was there ever life on Mars? NASA may have found evidence, but retrieving it could cost $7.7 billion
NASA has revealed two new strategies to bring back rock and dust samples from Mars collected by Perseverance rover. The aim ...
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NASA has just two Mars Sample Return mission lander options left
NASA says it needs until 2026 before making a final decision on how the Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission will work.
Boeing Starliner astronauts remain busy on ISS, but ‘eventually we want to go home’
Now officially seven months on board the International Space Station, the two NASA astronauts who flew up on Boeing’s ...
NASA has two options for soil samples from Mars, decision to be made in 2026
The soil samples collected by the Mars rover Perseverance are to be scientifically examined on Earth. The costly return ...