The results will be worth the effort and the cost, not just in understanding the world around us in general but also in ...

"To decide not to return them, or to put it off to an indefinite future time with human missions would be to take a major ...

NASA is considering launching missions to Mars as early as next year in an effort to expedite its plan to land astronauts on ...

The Donald Trump administration's budget proposal has sparked concerns at NASA as it could lead to cancellation of several major missions. One of these missions is the Mars Sample Return which has ...

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After billions of dollars in spending and decades of planning, NASA may be forced to abandon precious samples of air, rock ...

The White House proposed cuts for all NASA programs except "Human Space Exploration," boosted by $647 million, with more than ...

From cosmic radiation to crushing isolation, the journey to Mars presents a web of interlinked dangers. NASA’s Human Research ...

The Trump administration unveiled plans to trim about $6B from NASA’s budget, allocating $1B to Mars-focused initiatives ...

Observers say proposed cuts to science and other programs undermine increased funding for human space exploration efforts.

After exploring Ceres for around three months, the Ceres crew would return to Mars to retrieve the other crew in December 2037. The total mission duration for this scenario is 4.25 years ...