How will NASA conduct its Mars Sample Return (MSR) Program? This is what the renowned space agency recently discussed as it unveiled two potential landing options for MSR with the goal of determining ...

"If there is a space race, China's already winning it, and could win it dramatically in the next few decades." ...

A mudstone sample from Jezero Crater shows textures and minerals that on Earth often form through microbial activity.

This photo taken on June 25, 2024, shows the retrieval site of the return capsule of the Chang’e-6 probe in Siziwang Banner, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Xinhua/Jin Liwang A Chinese ...

Prize: NASA could offer a prize—say $3 billion to the first company and $1 billion to a second company—for delivering ...

The spacecraft, which will catch a Mars surface sample traveling in Martian orbit and bring it to Earth, has passed its design review. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

NASA’s other rover, Perseverance, landed in the Jezero Crater on February 18, 2021, to search for signs of ancient life and ...

On Wednesday, NASA researchers said the answer might be in a rock sample that “contains potential biosignatures.” NASA and the European Space Agency are gearing up to bring home a pristine sample of ...

The Chang'e 6 sample return mission is scheduled to return home on June 25, and the specimens it brings could answer longstanding lunar questions. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

The potential “biosignature” isn’t direct evidence of life itself, but rather a leftover sign that textural features on the ...