At issue is $700 million, already appropriated by Congress, to build a spacecraft, launch it to Mars, and once there to serve ...

Only companies that worked on the Mars Sample Return program need apply, narrowing the field to a handful of space industry heavyweights. NASA is looking for ways to improve the communications network ...

Japan's Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft has arrived at the Tanegashima spaceport ahead of launch, which will kick off an audacious mission to bag samples from Mars' moon Phobos and deliver ...

China has confirmed it will launch its Tianwen-3 Mars Sample Return mission around 2028, aiming to deliver at least 500 grams of Martian material to Earth by 2031. The China National Space ...

China has confirmed its Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission will launch around 2028 and deliver at least 500 grams of Martian material to Earth by 2031. The China National Space Administration also ...