NASA has awarded a contract to Rocket Lab to study alternative concepts for Mars Sample Return (MSR), joining several other efforts to improve the cost and schedule of the program.

The more scientists study the Red Planet, the more they find unusual objects and patterns scattered across Mars' surface.

Earlier last month, Perseverance spotted a Zebra-stripped rock that the mission team nicknamed Freya Castle, after the famous ...

Rocket Lab ( RKLB -2.27%) keeps raking in contracts. Yesterday, the company announced that NASA has hired it to propose a ...

In response to NASA's plea for help bringing the cost and complexity of its Mars sample-return program, Rocket Lab has won a ...

In late July, the Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) transmitted laser data across 290 million miles from the Psyche ...

NASA's Curiosity rover, currently exploring Gale crater on Mars, is providing new details about how the ancient Martian climate went from potentially suitable for life -- with evidence for widespread ...

A recent study by NASA researchers reveals that carbonates found in Mars' Gale Crater contain unusually high levels of heavy carbon and oxygen isotopes, painting a picture of a dramatically evolving ...

Curiosity rover finds clues about Mars' ancient climate changes Isotopic analysis reveals extreme evaporation on Mars Research suggests Mars may have had transient liquid water ...

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter caught sight of an unusual boulder-strewn landscape with strange patterns not seen ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover is providing new details about how the ancient Martian climate went from habitable to a surface ...

NASA's Curiosity rover reveals how Mars lost its water, providing insights into the planet's extreme climate and potential ...