The company has outlined its proposed architecture to return martian rock and dust samples to Earth for research.

A switch to Mars would impact programs such as the moon-focused Space Launch System, a multibillion-dollar rocket that ...

NASA wants to go to Mars again -- and this time, bring back rocks. With a plan that America's premier space agency describes ...

SPACEX’S Starship is preparing for its seventh test flight next week, which will see the rocket attempt to deploy fake satellites in space. It will be the first time the rocket has ejected ...

The trip to Mars and back is not one for the faint of heart. We're not talking days, weeks, or months. But there are ...

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

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

On Friday (Jan. 10), SpaceX successfully stacked its Starship spacecraft atop a giant Super Heavy booster to prepare for the ...

NASA announced Tuesday that it is exploring two options to move forward with its mission to return samples from Mars at a ...

If you want to colonize Mars, you must get there, which means you need a big rocket. Space agencies have been sending small probes and landers to Mars for decades. While Mars is the planet next ...

Jeff Bezos, founder of Blue Origin which rivals SpaceX in the space industry, says he feels "very optimistic" about the ...

For example, he has rarely criticized NASA or its overall goal to return humans to the Moon through the Artemis Program.