The precious Mars samples collected by the Perseverance rover could be coming to Earth sooner rather than later. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Rocket Lab proposed a Mars Sample Return (MSR) plan costing under $4 billion and aiming for sample return by 2031, significantly cheaper and faster than NASA's projected timelines. NASA's MSR program ...

PHOENIX - In the past few days, NASA has been buzzing about a recent sample collected on Mars with key traits that may hold clues as to whether Mars was home to ancient life. "It's the way we will ...

NASA has shared its first glimpse of the black rocks and dust brought back from an asteroid, but the bulk of the material remains locked inside a sample collection device that researchers need to ...

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Scientists have discovered traces of water while analyzing lunar soil samples collected by China’s Chang’e-5 rover. While NASA already announced the discovery of water on the Moon’s sunlit areas back ...

On Sept. 24, the OSIRIS-REx (Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security - Regolith Explorer) mission, which launched in 2016, will return the pristine material to our planet for ...

August 21, 2008 — NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander has scooped up a soil sample from an intermediate depth between the ground surface and a subsurface icy layer. The sample was delivered it to a laboratory ...

In what appears to be a jab at NASA, Rocket Lab this week unveiled its own plan to return rock and dust samples the space agency has been collecting from Mars’ Jezero Crater since 2021. NASA earlier ...