The mission is not deemed feasible given the high budget it demands and the uncertainty around its operations.

It looks like NASA's Mars Sample Return mission has come to a bureaucratic end. The mission was to be the crowning ...

NASA's plans for Mars sample return are effectively cancelled as part of a bill approved by the U.S. Congress, ending efforts ...

For astronaut safety and to bolster success of the human exploration to come later, NASA needs an end-to-end demonstration of ...

NASA’s Mars Sample Return program faces opposition from planetary scientists following proposed cancellation, with concerns raised over Perseverance samples, future Mars missions, and international ...

Update: A minibus spending package passed by the House of Representatives on January 8, 2026, effectively cancels the Mars Sample Return program by eliminating almost all funding for future missions.

Nasa has transformed Mars exploration in 2025 through the Perseverance rover, ESCAPADE twin-spacecraft, and groundbreaking laser communications. These missions have successfully bridged the gap ...

NASA’s interim administrator, Sean Duffy, was fired up on Wednesday when he joined a teleconference to talk about new scientific findings that concerned the potential for life to have once existed on ...

In a stunning reversal for planetary science, NASA’s high-profile Mars mission to bring rock samples back to Earth has been ...