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.

During his inaugural address, President Donald Trump said he wants 'American astronauts' on Mars. Where does a future Mars mission currently stand?

"America is leading humanity back to the Moon, onward to Mars, and into a golden age of space exploration," Nelson wrote,

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

NASA proposes a faster, cheaper plan to bring Mars samples to Earth, aiming for delivery by the 2030s while cutting costs significantly.

Bill Nelson has stepped down as NASA administrator, ending a half-century of public service. Janet Petro is now the agency's interim chief.

But NASA administrator Bill Nelson said such failures are necessary ... when the planets' orbits will next align. (Earth/Mars "transfer windows," as such periods are known, occur every 26 months.)

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.

Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been on an unexpectedly monthslong assignment after serving on Boeing’s Starliner crewed test flight, are conducting a spacewalk Thursday. The

The Houston company is one of nine — including major names like Blue Origin — that received a contract in January.

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Leadership changes are happening at NASA as a new administration takes over with promises that making it to Mars is a priority. Janet Petro, the director of the Kennedy Space Center, is now the acting National Aeronautics and Space Administration administrator after Bill Nelson stepped down.