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NASA's plans for Mars sample return are effectively cancelled as part of a bill approved by the U.S. Congress, ending efforts ...

Exploration advocates are pushing back against the planned cancellation of NASA's Mars sample return project, saying it could ...

HOUSTON (KTVX) — If you can get a scientist to say “wow,” then you’re in pretty impressive territory. According to NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid researchers, they’ve been saying “wow” quite a bit since ...

The samples could change what we know about the origins of the solar system. A seven-year-long NASA mission has come to an end with the first asteroid sample collected in space. This capsule, the size ...

An image from NASA's Perseverance Mars rover shows where the rover drilled into a rock called Rochette and collected two samples. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech WASHINGTON — NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover ...

In a stunning reversal for planetary science, NASA’s high-profile Mars mission to bring rock samples back to Earth has been ...

NASA’s Mars Sample Return program faces opposition from planetary scientists following proposed cancellation, with concerns raised over Perseverance samples, future Mars missions, and international ...

NASA is looking for ways to get rock samples back from Mars for less than the $11 billion the agency would need under its own plan, so last month, officials put out a call to industry to propose ideas ...

NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft unfurled its robotic arm Tuesday, and in a first for the agency, briefly touched ...