NASA is delaying plans to move the Mars Sample Return program to its next phase of development after an independent review found serious issues with its technical readiness, cost and schedule. Credit: ...

Bringing Mars rocks back to earth costs too much, said NASA’s chief administrator on Monday, April 15, adding that the financially strapped, multi-billion-dollar planned mission managed by Pasadena’s ...

NASA announced today that Mars Program Director, G. Scott Hubbard, has decided to leave that position following a successful year leading the agency’s robotic exploration program. Orlando Figueroa, ...

A complex project aimed at retrieving rock and dirt samples from Mars has long been a top priority for NASA, with proponents arguing the mission could answer the age-old question of whether life once ...

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NASA’s $11 billion plan to robotically bring rock samples from Mars back to Earth is too expensive and will take too long, the agency’s administrator said Monday, so officials are tasking government ...

The former director of NASA's Ames Research Center was the first head of the Mars exploration program in the US and has promoted the involvement of private companies in the space sector: "It is ...

Through its "Moon to Mars" program, NASA plans to send the first crewed missions to Mars by the end of the next decade. To fulfill this bold vision, the agency is investigating advanced technologies ...

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Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: The NASA Mars Exploration Program." National Research Council. 2003. Assessment of Mars Science and Mission Priorities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.