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 ...

Related: NASA wants new ideas for its troubled Mars Sample Return mission NASA recently deemed this situation unacceptable. In April 2024, agency chief Bill Nelson announced that an overhaul of ...

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 ...

Still, Mars Sample Return has been the top priority of the planetary science community’s decadal survey process, which elevates the most promising missions from the blizzard of proposals.

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.

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 ...

In April, after an independent review found “near zero probability” of Mars Sample Return making its proposed 2028 launch date, NASA put out a request for alternative proposals to all of its ...

NASA is considering two ways to get its precious Mars samples back to Earth, but the agency won't pick a winner for another 18 months or so. Analysis of those samples, which are being collected by ...

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 ...

The space agency said it continues to support Mars Sample Return, but will operate the program under bare-bones budgets in the near-term while it seeks proposals for a faster and cheaper mission ...

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 ...

Related: NASA wants new ideas for its troubled Mars Sample Return mission NASA recently deemed this situation unacceptable. In April 2024, agency chief Bill Nelson announced that an overhaul of ...