NASA has shared an update on its beleaguered Mars Sample Return mission ... and has left these samples in a sample cache ready to be collected. However, getting them back to Earth in the previous ...

In the next decade, space agencies plan to bring rock samples from Mars to Earth. But what if these rocks contain alien ...

Research published late last year indicated “seismic discontinuities in the Martian crust” that scientists believe could be an indicator of liquid water under the Martian surface, raising the ...

With the roughly 20-day wide launch window for the Mars 2020 mission rapidly ... already within the titanium sample tube in which it will remain until the sample return mission.

The Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission aimed to bring precious ... For scientists, getting their hands on a cache of Mars samples after three decades of planning is tantalizing.

An arrowhead-shaped rock on Mars sporting features that may hint at ancient microbial activity on the Red Planet has left ...

NASA’s Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission promises to fill significant gaps in our understanding of the universe and propel humanity forward in a new phase of the space race. Exploring the cosmos ...

JPL plays a crucial role in the Mars sample return (MSR) campaign, a high-priority project aiming to collect and cache samples for future return to Earth. The projected budget for the MSR campaign ...