The complex MMX mission aims to shed light on the origins of Mars' two tiny moons, Phobos and Deimos, bringing Phobos material back to Earth in 2031.

NASA's Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission could have been a major breakthrough in assessing the habitability of the Red Planet. Unfortunately, however, it has effectively been cancelled, as the U.S.

NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission was meant to bring pieces of the Red Planet back to Earth in a historic search for ancient life. But rising costs, technical complexity, and repeated delays have ...

The China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced the Tianwen 3, a daring Mars sample return mission to launch in 2028 ...

China's mission to retrieve samples from Mars will advance to the flight model development phase within this year, Liu Jizhong, chief designer of the Tianwen 3 mission, said on Thursday. Building on ...

NASA is planning to launch a mission to bring Mars samples back in 2033. The Mars Sample Return Program is nearing the completion of the conceptual design phase. It would use NASA’s Perseverance rover ...