"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 ...

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

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 ...

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

The White House released its 2026 "skinny budget" on Friday (May 2), a blueprint that outlines how the administration ...

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 is floating a plan to trim about $6 billion from the budget of NASA while emphasizing the importance ...

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 -— ...