"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 ...

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

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

NASA has already found signs of alien life on Mars but is still keeping it secret, a rogue scientist claims. Barry DiGregorio ...

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

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

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

The cuts to NASA’s Science Directorate are part of an overall 24% slash to the space agency’s budget from $24.8 billion to ...

Donald Trump's proposed NASA budget released puts crewed missions to the Moon and Mars front and center -- slashing science ...