NASA Asks for Help in Bringing Back Mars Samples After Mission Becomes Too Expensive
NASA is calling on industry players to come up with an alternative plan to return rocky samples from Mars at a lower cost and an earlier date. Wagner Moura on…
NASA’s JPL Lays Off Hundreds Amid Mars Budget Uncertainties
Hundreds of employees at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) will be affected by budget constraints looming over the space agency for the current year, with Congress still behind on issuing…
Layoffs Loom at NASA After Termination of Over 100 Contractors Amid Mars Budget Constraints
NASA is scaling back on its ambitious Mars Sample Return (MSR) program, fearing federal budget cuts to the space agency’s plan to bring back rock and dust from the Red…
NASA’s Dragonfly Mission to Titan Faces Further Delays Amid Budget Uncertainties
NASA has announced a delay in its ambitious Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s moon Titan, moving the launch date to July 2028. This decision, driven by budget uncertainties, comes despite the…
California Legislators Slam ‘Rash’ NASA Cuts to Marquee Mars Mission
Six California lawmakers wrote to NASA Administrator Bill Nelson last week to oppose the agency’s recent cuts to the Mars Sample Return mission, which aims to bring samples collected by…
NASA to Rewrite Mars Sample Return Mission So It Can Actually Happen
NASA is considering alternative ways to bring back samples from Mars after its budget and schedule for the sample return mission was deemed unrealistic in a recent report by an…
NASA’s Plan to Return Samples From Mars Is Pure Science Fiction, Report Finds
The findings from an independent review board suggest that NASA’s quest to return samples from Mars is riddled with challenges and seemingly impossible to accomplish under the current cost and…
Most Americans Would Rather NASA Focus on Deflecting Asteroids Than Going to the Moon
The majority of the American public seems largely concerned with the threat of incoming asteroids, believing that NASA should prioritize the monitoring of rocky objects that could hit Earth over…
Mars Sample Return Mission Lands in the Crosshairs as Senate Discloses Flat NASA Budget
NASA is likely to face some serious money issues in the upcoming year that could affect the space agency’s science program, but not its Artemis Moon plans. At the same…
Watch NASA’s cinematic animation of upcoming Mars Sample Return mission
NASA has released a cinematic animation showing some of the key moments from the upcoming Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission.