NASA rethinks plan to return rare Mars samples to Earth

Due to budget constraints, NASA is rethinking the architecture of the Mars Sample Return program, developed in partnership with the European Space Agency. Read More

NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future

The samples ... s current plan. With all these pressures and constraints, NASA has chosen to see whether the private sector can come up with a winning solution. We’ll know the answer next month. Read More

NASA's plan to bring Mars samples to Earth undergoes revision due to budget cuts

NASA's plan ... bring the samples to Earth. NASA’s science mission chief, Nicky Fox, refused to speculate at the news conference when the samples might arrive at Earth, given a new program ... Read More

NASA's Mars sample return plan is getting a major overhaul: 'The bottom line is $11 billion is too expensive'

NASA is looking for a new way to get its precious Mars samples back to ... other high-priority science efforts, like the Dragonfly drone mission to Saturn's huge moon Titan. The established ... Read More

China launches lunar probe in first-of-its-kind mission to get samples from far side of the moon as "space race" with U.S. ramps up

China on Friday launched a lunar probe to land on the far side of the moon in a first-of-its-kind mission to return with samples ... plan to land on the moon's south pole where permanently shadowed ... Read More

NASA pauses Mars sample return plan until a cheaper, faster one can be developed

NASA's plan to bring ... NASA's science mission chief, Nicky Fox, refused to speculate at the news conference when the samples might arrive at Earth, given a new program and timeline, or even ... Read More

NASA struggling to find new plan to make Mars Sample Return work

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. One of NASA’s biggest space missions is in deep trouble. The Mars Sample Return ... Read More

Space Station News

As space agencies plan for longer missions, they're grappling with the challenge of how to best feed ... Dec. 21, 2023 — In November 2023, NASA's James Webb ... Earth using a new approach. Read More

NASA unveils probe bound for Jupiter's possibly life-sustaining moon

US space scientists unveil ... to impact Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede, for the mission's final act. Tim Larson, deputy project manager, outlined the spacecraft's disposal plan post-mission ... Read More

Smooth lava lake on Jupiter’s moon sizzles in NASA aerial animations

By Laura Baisas | Published Apr 19, 2024 9:24 AM EDT An artist’s concept of a lava lake on Jupiter ... moon Io that the mission science team nicknamed “Steeple Mountain.” CREDIT: NASA ... Read More

NASA rethinks plan to return rare Mars samples to Earth

Budget cuts that have impacted NASA have also put the program at risk. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Nicky Fox, associate administrator for NASA’s Science ... develop a new plan that ... Read More