Trump has nominated billionaire entrepreneur and private space traveler Jared Isaacman as a NASA administrator, signaling a ...

NASA hopes a revised plan will get Mars samples back to Earth faster and cost less than the agency's original plan.

President-elect Donald Trump appears ready to cut federal spending, but the American public is addicted to federal money.

The Mars Sample Return effort was billions of dollars over budget and not expected to return to Earth with its samples until 2040.

The Mars Sample Return mission has been ranked as the highest priority by planetary scientists, who hope to find signs of ...

NASA announced Tuesday it had narrowed down to two options the reworked Mars Sample Return mission aiming for a cheaper and ...

Space agency says it needs one more year to decide whether its own hardware or a contractor’s will return Martian samples to ...

NASA administrators are also accountable to elected officials. Administrators are appointed by the president but must be ...

A five-person committee within the Trump transition team is mulling over policy suggestions that represent major changes to ...

Kraft recalls laying bare the budget jeopardy faced by the shuttle. “We were totally incapable of meeting any sort of flight ...

In October 2024, NASA announced the assembly of a new team to assess the future of the Mars Sample Return mission, with a full report anticipated by the end of 2024. Odds are good that the livestream ...

NASA wants to return Mars samples to Earth, but budget problems and technical woes have the mission caught between a rock and ...