A collection of Martian rocks could reveal details about potential past life on the Red Planet – but first NASA has to get them back to Earth.

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

NASA says Mars rover sample has textures 'unlike anything we've seen’ - The samples collected by the Perseverance rover could ...

In a letter to his replacement, outgoing NASA leader Bill Nelson emphasizes the agency’s activities ‘transcend the length of ...

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The proposals present alternatives to the original Mars Sample Return program ... was “simply unacceptable,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson reiterated Tuesday. The agency will decide between ...

agency Administrator Bill Nelson said Tuesday. Option one would use the same "sky crane" landing system proven with NASA's Curiosity and Perseverance Mars rovers, a smaller sample collection ...

NASA's remarkable new sample from Mars will help scientists get a better understanding of the planet's history and whether it ...

Dozens of samples of rock and sediment collected from Mars that could be used to detect ancient microbial life could be returned to Earth as soon as 2035 and as late as 2039, depending on the course ...

Bill Nelson has stepped down as NASA administrator ... President Trump wants astronauts to raise the American flag on Mars In 1990, Nelson tried to become the Democratic nominee in the Florida ...

BILL NELSON HAS SERVED AS NASA ADMINISTRATOR FOR ... "America is leading humanity back to the Moon, onward to Mars, and into a golden age of space exploration," Nelson wrote, highlighting ...

Earlier this month, outgoing NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and other agency officials presented two possible plans for the mission, known as Mars Sample Return, for the incoming administration.