This cooperative program between NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) is known as Mars Sample Return (MSR) and has been generations in the making. It’s the culmination of decades of planning ...

A casualty stemming from this projected budget bombshell is the Mars Sample Return (MSR) venture. In fact, MSR is tagged in the White House's proposed 2026 budget as "grossly over budget and whose ...

The plan would significantly overhaul flagship programs ... It would also cancel the Mars Sample Return mission, a joint ...

Such a decision could lead to the closure of Goddard Space Flight Center, the cancellation of highly anticipated missions like Mars Sample Return (MSR), and perhaps even interference with active ...

See how the Sample Transfer Arm for the Mars Sample Return mission will work in this animation. Credit: ESA/NASA ...

The proposed budget would also axe NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission, suggesting that the plan to return rocky samples from Mars by way of a fleet of robots can be carried out by a human mission ...

With recent cuts to Mars Sample Return, China will lead the charge to Mars and to the moon. Credit: NASA In the Senate hearing considering the confirmation of Jared Isaacman as NASA Administrator ...

As such, Tice looks forward to NASA's planned Mars Sample Return mission to conduct further research on the volcanic rock. "We’ve carefully selected these rocks because they contain clues to ...

As proposed, the budget jeopardizes expensive projects such as the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, Orion capsule, Lunar Gateway space station, and Mars Sample Return mission. It could slow down ...

NASA's Perseverance rover is reveling in a scientific bonanza on Mars after finding a diverse ... astronomers is Perseverance's first crater rim sample, named Silver Mountain, which is a "one ...

China on Thursday extended an invitation for international cooperation on its upcoming Tianwen-3 Mars sample-return mission, offering global partners a chance to join its ambitious effort to ...