"To decide not to return them, or to put it off to an indefinite future time with human missions would be to take a major ...

After billions of dollars in spending and decades of planning, NASA may be forced to abandon precious samples of air, rock ...

NASA is considering launching missions to Mars as early as next year in an effort to expedite its plan to land astronauts on ...

Observers say proposed cuts to science and other programs undermine increased funding for human space exploration efforts.

NASA's overall budget, including science programs, faces cuts, with the Mars Sample Return mission slated for termination.

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

NASA is evaluating whether it should send rockets to Mars during launch windows in 2026 and 2028. The agency faces large ...

The budget threatens to kill Lunar Gateway and the Mars Sample Return mission, along with phasing out the gigantic SLS rocket ...

NASA budget proposal would slash around US$6 billion (£4.4 billion) in funding. This is a huge reduction, amounting to around ...

NASA's overall budget, including science programs, faces cuts, with the Mars Sample Return mission slated for termination. The days of NASA's Space Launch System moon rocket and Orion space ...