NASA's Perseverance Mars rover found a 'one-of-a-kind treasure' on the rim of Jezero Crater, a rock that could help reveal ...

The damaged right-middle wheel of NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity, as viewed on Sept. 22, 2024. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS Future extraterrestrial rovers — especially if they're crewed ...

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson left a final decision on a new mission architecture to the next NASA administrator working under the incoming Trump administration. President-elect Donald Trump ...

A Mars rover descends to the surface of the planet with the help of the sky crane system. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech illustration For both new approaches, the mission’s landing system would ...

Artist's rendering of a Mars lander that could retrieve Perseverance's samples and send them to Earth. (Credit: NASA/ESA/JPL-Caltech/GSFC/MSFC) ...

How volunteers in NASA's Mars simulator will live for a year Mars Sample Return mission concept with the Sample Retrieval Lander highlighted in color. JPL-Caltech/NASA NASA has previously said the ...

NASA’s troubled Mars Sample Return program is stuck at a crossroads—and is likely to remain in limbo until at least 2026—agency officials said at a press briefing on Tuesday. To bring this ...

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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 ...

It's been a while now since American ... but the success of the Ingenuity helicopter over on Mars seems to have made NASA consider if using airborne vehicles would not be a more effective way ...