Dec. 19, 2024 — A new study explores how variations in Mars' crustal thickness during its ancient history may have influenced the planet's magmatic evolution and hydrological systems.

An exploding budget and an unraveling schedule spell disappointment for NASA's mission to learn more about Mars's history.

After the space agency punts a decision on the mission’s profile to 2026, Rocket Lab unveils its own Mars Sample Return plan.

The Mars Sample Return effort was billions of dollars over budget and not expected to return to Earth with its samples until 2040.

NASA recently deemed this situation unacceptable. In April 2024, agency chief Bill Nelson announced that an overhaul of the ...

In April, after an independent review found “near zero probability” of Mars Sample Return making its proposed 2028 launch ...

Ingenuity, NASA’s Mars Helicopter, surpassed expectations as the first aircraft to operate on another planet. Despite being designed for five test flights over 30 days, it completed 72 flights across ...

An independent review team is delivering a final report to NASA leadership to determine if the agency's Mars Sample Return ...

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With NASA and other space agencies already hoping to build a colony on the Moon, and a manned mission to Mars set for the 2030s ... a new world in a video game, or tinkering with something ...

If successful, the first crewed mission to Mars could take place by the early 2030s. Musk’s plan includes using Mars’ natural resources to support infrastructure development, aiming to minimise ...