"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.

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

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

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

The White House wants to focus on 'beating China back to the Moon and putting the first human on Mars.' The administration is ...

The Trump administration unveiled plans to trim about $6B from NASA’s budget, allocating $1B to Mars-focused initiatives ...

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

It would also cancel the Mars Sample Return mission, a joint project with the European Space Agency to bring back rock samples collected by the Perseverance rover and analyze them for signs of ...