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

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 board ...

Nasa has unveiled a revised plan to bring samples from the surface of Mars back to Earth. The space agency has announced it would be pursuing two potential options, both costing around $7billion, to ...

Sending humans to Mars is one of the most ambitious goals in the history of space exploration. Unlike missions to the Moon, ...

A collection of Martian rocks could reveal details about potential past life on the Red Planet – but first NASA has to get ...

NASA recently deemed this situation unacceptable. In April 2024, agency chief Bill Nelson announced that an overhaul of the MSR strategy is in the works, saying that NASA will seek innovative new ...

On this date, Jan. 18, 2004, the European Space Agency’s Mars Express finalized mapping of the Red Planet’s south pole. The ...

Thousands of mounds and hills in Mars' barren northern plains are full of clay minerals, providing evidence that the rocks ...

The company has outlined its proposed architecture to return martian rock and dust samples to Earth for research.

An exploding budget and an unraveling schedule spell disappointment for NASA's mission to learn more about Mars's history.

First, a new robotic spacecraft would land near Perseverance, which would then hand over about 30 of its rock samples to ...

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson left a final decision on a new mission architecture to the next NASA administrator working ...