Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tubes holding samples of rock cores, broken rock and dust collected by NASA's Perseverance rover sit on the surface of Mars. The ...

NASA's plan to retrieve samples from Mars and bring them back to Earth is currently on hold due to the need for a faster and cheaper method. The project has been on NASA's agenda for years, but the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The mission control room at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge. Budget cuts have forced the lab to reduce its ...

NASA has cited federal budget concerns as the reason for pumping the brakes on its Mars Sample Return mission meant to bring pieces of the Red Planet back to Earth in 2033, but several lawmakers are ...

A sample tube on the Martian surface in the shadow of the Perseverance rover. Perseverance is continuing to collect samples as NASA develops a new plan for returning them to Earth. Credit: ...

NASA's complex plan to return rocky samples from the Red Planet has faced scrutiny for increasing cost and delays. Reading time 3 minutes The findings from an independent review board suggest that ...

(CNN) — NASA is seeking innovative methods that could help retrieve samples collected by the Perseverance rover on Mars in the future. The rover, which landed on Mars in February 2021, has been ...

The White House budget proposal aims to discontinue NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) after three missions due to cost overruns. NASA's overall budget, including science programs, faces cuts, with the ...

A bipartisan congressional agreement on NASA’s final budget for the current fiscal year offers a glimmer of hope that the space agency’s ambitious but troubled effort to bring pieces of Mars to Earth ...