"Returning the scientifically selected samples that await us on Mars, as part of a balanced portfolio, will help to ensure ...

China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission could bring Red Planet rocks back to Earth as early as 2031—years ahead of competing U.S.-European efforts ...

The origin of life is one of the most fundamental and enduring questions of mankind and one of the three greatest Origin ...

Shergottites are 200- to 600-million-year-old basaltic rocks that have geochemical and isotopic characteristics similar to the moon. These meteorite samples suggest that Mars formed a core, mantle ...

The first samples from Mars, collected by the Perseverance rover, will be returned to Earth in 2033. The Mars Sample Return missions now also include two helicopters similar to Ingenuity.

NASA said Thursday that its Perseverance rover had collected 12 compelling rock core samples on Mars. The rover is hunting in the red planet's Jezero Crater.

NASA’s Perseverance rover faced a challenging Mars rock named “Kenmore,” revealing valuable insights into Martian geology.

NASA's rover Perseverance already has gathered 24 core samples in tubes since landing in 2021 at Mars’ Jezero Crater, an ancient river delta. The goal is more than 30 samples to scour for ...

Watch this: Mars Sample Return Mission Will Bring Rocks and Air to Earth 08:11 NASA picked the Jezero Crater as the Perseverance rover's landing site due to its intriguing history of water.

NASA’s plan to bring samples from Mars back to Earth is on hold until there’s a faster, cheaper way, space agency officials said Monday.

To bring the first samples from Mars back to Earth, NASA and the European Space Agency have an elaborate plan involving a fleet of robots, including the Perseverance rover, a new Martian lander, a … ...