NASA is delaying plans to move the Mars Sample Return program to its next phase of development after an independent review found serious issues with its technical readiness, cost and schedule. Credit: ...

A NASA mission is set to launch twin spacecraft on a journey to Mars. The robotic orbiters could lift off atop Blue Origin’s ...

NASA is smoothing out the final details of its future program to bring back treasured martian samples, also known as the Mars Sample Return Program, and its new helicopters might make future missions ...

the lot with a Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission scheduled for launch about 2020. Such a reorganization would be a very bad idea. Since its origin a decade ago, the existing fly-every-opportunity ...

The plan for the tourist camp comes as NASA wants to send humans to Mars. Mars-V is developing a Mars simulation tourist center in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert for 2029. Tourists experience harsh conditions ...

NASA announced Wednesday it will deploy two sample recovery helicopters to Mars to help return selected samples of rock and soil from the planet to Earth. Under the plan, the space agency's ...

The International Mars Society recently announced its new ambassador program to expand public awareness of the importance of planning the human exploration and settlement of Mars. As the chief ...

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