A new study proposes examining Mars and other space samples on the Moon before bringing them to Earth, arguing it would ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Plans are firming up to bring a sample of Mars back to Earth in 2031. A joint webinar last month ...

When NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft releases a capsule with material from asteroid Bennu onto the Utah desert on Sept. 24, it will become the latest in a line of missions to gather samples from space ...

China's Tianwen-2 space probe, which is set to bring back samples from an asteroid for research, has reached its target after ...

The sample, and dozens more like it, could come to Earth as early as 2033. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's Perseverance ...

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 has set a goal to return rock and soil samples from the surface of Mars in the 2030s. The mission would represent the first time scientific samples from another planet have been returned to Earth ...

Marvels of engineering, the rover’s sample tubes must be tough enough to safely bring Red Planet samples on the long journey back to Earth in immaculate condition. The tubes carried in the belly of ...

The Mars Ascent Vehicle, seen here in an earlier NASA design, will launch from the surface of Mars to place samples collected by the Perseverance rover into orbit. Credit: NASA WASHINGTON — NASA has ...

China's Tianwen-2 probe reaches its asteroid target for the nation's first sample collection, marking a milestone in its ...