"America is leading humanity back to the Moon, onward to Mars, and into a golden age of space exploration," Nelson wrote, ...

Nelson and NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy left the agency on Monday (Jan. 20), the day that Donald Trump began his ...

During his inaugural address, President Donald Trump said he wants 'American astronauts' on Mars. Where does a future Mars ...

A collection of Martian rocks could reveal details about potential past life on the Red Planet – but first NASA has to get ...

NASA proposes a faster, cheaper plan to bring Mars samples to Earth, aiming for delivery by the 2030s while cutting costs ...

An exploding budget and an unraveling schedule spell disappointment for NASA's mission to learn more about Mars's history.

Anyone hoping for a clear path forward this year for NASA's imperiled Mars Sample Return mission will have to wait a little ...

The Perseverance rover is building up a stash of rocks on Mars that could contain the first ... in the words of the agency's administrator, Bill Nelson. After a series of delays, the cost ...

With the revisions, Mars Sample Return is still expensive, but would be less than $8 billion. “That’s a far cry from $11 ...

The agency is starting down two different paths toward the samples' return, but only one will bring the red rocks home.

NASA unveils a groundbreaking approach to bring Martian rock samples back to Earth by 2026, introducing competition between ...