Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA's Mars Sample Return program has been effectively cancelled, meaning the best evidence of life on Mars could be trapped in ...

Tourists who are looking for an "extreme adventure" trip may be able to wed their desire for unique travel with a fascination for space in a few years. The experience is part of a venture called "MARS ...

Moon boots and Mars boots: anyway you look at it there are a lot of NASA shoes still to drop. Among the agency's missions in perpetual déjà vu status is Mars Sample Return (MSR), an attempt to bring ...

SpaceX's Starship/Super Heavy lifts off on Flight 9 May 27. Credit: SpaceX America has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to open the space frontier by initiating a sustained program of human ...

BOULDER, Colorado — The existing NASA-European Space Agency effort to establish a Mars Sample Return program is slated to be discontinued. That's the word according to the Commerce, Justice, Science, ...

Editor's note: All opinions, columns and letters reflect the views of the individual writer and not necessarily those of the IDS or its staffers. Rovers on Mars have made exciting finds and ...