"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 ...

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

Donald Trump's government has proposed what space experts are calling a 'destructive' $6 billion cut to NASA 's budget. This ...

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

The White House proposed cuts for all NASA programs except "Human Space Exploration," boosted by $647 million, with more than ...

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