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

After an independent review concluded NASA's plans to robotically collect and return rock and soil samples from Mars could cost up to $11 billion, NASA "pulled the plug" and is focusing on two options ...

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

NASA wants to return Mars samples to Earth, but budget problems and technical woes have the mission caught between a rock and the Red Planet. There appears to be an unofficial robotic space race ...

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

These are exciting times in space exploration, as more and more countries and private enterprises are mastering technology ...

NASA’s Lucy mission will continue its journey to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, which share Jupiter’s orbit around the ...

NASA's Mars Sample Return mission, aimed at analyzing Martian rock samples collected by the Perseverance rover, faces a crucial decision as the Trump administration steps in. The mission's future, ...