The agency has had a Mars sample-return (MSR) architecture in place for some time now, but repeated delays and cost overruns have rendered the original plan impractical, NASA officials announced ...

NASA's Mars Sample Return program is the agency’s highest priority in planetary science, but projected multibillion-dollar overruns have some calling the plan a 'dumpster fire.' ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS NASA is considering two ways to get its precious Mars samples back ...

NASA has announced an overhaul to its plan to bring samples from Mars back to Earth. Agency officials have decided to scrap parts of their original plan to cut down on the difficulty and cost.

China has moved the launch of its Tianwen 3 Mars sample return mission up two years, to 2028. The new timeline suggests China could get Mars samples to Earth as soon as 2031.

The origin of life is one of the most fundamental and enduring questions of mankind and one of the three greatest Origin ...

NASA's Mars Sample Return (MSR) program aims to collect and retrieve samples from Mars. With a budget of $11 billion over 15 years, NASA acknowledged that the current architecture had become ...

China now has credible plans for a Mars Sample Return mission called Tianwen-3. The Chinese Space Agency wants to launch in 2028, with separate lander and ascent vehicle launches. If that challenging ...

China has moved up its timeline for bringing Mars samples to Earth, aiming to do so as early as 2028 — long before the U.S. is slated to achieve this same ambitious goal.

Perseverance's samples may therefore not be the first pristine Mars material to come to Earth. China aims to launch its own sample-return effort in 2028, with could get the samples home as soon as ...

China has moved the launch of its Tianwen 3 Mars sample return mission up two years, to 2028. The new timeline suggests China could get Mars samples to Earth as soon as 2031.

Although a programmatic overhaul is now underway, no one can yet say just how—or when—the Mars Sample Return (MSR) initiative will succeed, and lawmakers have threatened the project with ...