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The space agency, to prepare for budget cuts on its Mars Sample Return mission, has reportedly tossed 100 contractors from its Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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 Planet, which has come under heavy scrutiny for having unrealistic costs and timelines.NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) reportedly laid off 100 contractors last week and implemented a hiring freeze as it braces for the new federa

The different types of rocks found in our solar system besides Earth.

Researchers discovered thousands of nano-sized bits of plastic in bottled water

The head of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory warns that jobs at the lab will be in jeopardy if proposed funding cuts for the Mars Sample Return mission go through.

Ingenuity set a record for its longest flight: 706 meters. What started as a technology demonstration has exceeded all expectations.

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 01, 2024 - Mars has a distinct structure in its mantle and crust, with identifiable reservoirs, as revealed by meteorites analyzed by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and their

Pasadena, CA - Marking its 1,000th Martian day on the Red Planet, NASA’s Perseverance rover recently completed its exploration of the ancient river delta

Our planet supports a total of 193 internationally recognized countries, but less than half of them, around 77, have their own space agency. For all inte...

During its 26th flight, NASA's Ingenuity helicopter photographed wreckage from the Perseverance parachute and backshell that crashed on Mars.