China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission could bring Red Planet rocks back to Earth as early as 2031—years ahead of competing U.S.-European efforts ...

The Starship rocket which Elon Musk wants to use to take humans to Mars has exploded, sending a giant fireball into the sky ...

The company noted that toxicity tests of materials used in Starship confirmed no environmental or biological risk.

The blast shot a fireball and debris into the during testing for the 400-foot rocket system in Brownsville on Texas' southwest Gulf Coast.

Photo released on June 11, 2021 by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) shows a selfie of China's first Mars rover Zhurong with the landing platform. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING - China is ...

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The Mars Sample Return mission, as it's called for now, is a very complex endeavor. It requires a vehicle on the surface of Mars to collect the soil samples and store them inside tubes as set ...

A photo montage showing sample tubes shortly after they were deposited onto the surface by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. Credit: NASA/JPL-CALTECH/MSSS ORLANDO, Fla. — NASA will spend the ...

Under both scenarios, the lander would carry a scaled-down Mars Ascent Vehicle — a lightweight rocket designed to launch samples into Mars orbit.

NASA rover makes discoveries along ascent Along the way to the Jezero summit, Perseverance stopped to capture images of the vast crater and some of the strange geology along the slopes of its ...

NASA recently tested the first and second stage engines of the Mars Ascent Vehicle that will be used for a sample return mission. Credit: NASA/Jonathan Deal and Joe Kuner Hochul Launches ...