BEIJING -- A team of Chinese geologists has created a Mars soil simulant that almost replicates Utopia Planitia soil, a ...

China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission could bring Red Planet rocks back to Earth as early as 2031—years ahead of ...

See Rocket Lab's "proposed mission architecture" for a Mars sample return mission in this animation. Credit: Rocket Lab ...

China aims to launch the Tianwen-3 Mars mission by 2028, with sample return targeted for 2031, according to chief scientist ...

"Returning the scientifically selected samples that await us on Mars, as part of a balanced portfolio, will help to ensure ...

The flowing celestial robes in Dunhuang murals, featuring flying goddesses, and the legendary attempt by Wan Hu to reach ...

Crowds gather at the Wenchang Space Launch Site in South China's Hainan Province to witness the ignition and liftoff of the ...

NASA's leadership change comes at a pivotal moment for the agency, which is already bracing for potentially severe funding ...

Most of the employees whose jobs have been taken away in the latest wave of layoffs are in senior-level government ranks with ...

China has conducted two spacewalks from its Tiangong space station in as many months and is advancing on its lunar ...