Roll Call

Mars samples project looms large in final spending talks

A complex project aimed at retrieving rock and dirt samples from Mars has long been a top priority for NASA, with proponents arguing the mission could answer the age-old question of whether life once ...
Global Times

Four mice, other space science samples from China Space Station successfully return, to be delivered to scientists

The ninth batch of space science experiment samples including four mice used in life-science tests returned by the Shenzhou-21 spacecraft from the China Space Station on Friday have been delivered to ...
Scientific American

The Mars Sample Return Mission Is at a Dangerous Crossroads

NASA excels at bold projects. Consider the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which is rewriting cosmology and revealing profound insights into stellar evolution, along with precious views of our own ...
Space.com

NASA's Mars sample return plan is getting a major overhaul: 'The bottom line is $11 billion is too expensive'

"The bottom line is that $11 billion is too expensive, and not returning samples until 2040 is unacceptably too long." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
Live Science

NASA Mars samples, which could contain evidence of life, will not return to Earth as initially planned

NASA's plan to retrieve as many as 30 geological samples from Mars is getting a major rewrite, agency officials said on Monday. The initial plan, which would not return the samples to Earth until 2040 ...