Mars Samples News Today

The quest to bring samples back to Earth from Mars has been met with controversy in some quarters as the threat that ecologically-hungry Martian microbes might pose to our biosphere continues to be a topic of concern.

Advances in DNA technology could detect ultra-tiny amounts of DNA in the Mars Samples when they return to Earth in ten years.

An independent review of NASA's plans to get Mars samples collected by its Perseverance rover has found it's going to arrive later than scheduled.

NASA achieves milestone, testing rockets for historic launch from Mars surface as part of Mars Sample Return mission, aiming to uncover Martian history and potential signs of past life.

NASA’s Perseverance rover puts its robotic arm to work around a rocky outcrop called “Skinner Ridge” in Mars’ Jezero Crater. Composed of multiple images, this

NASA's Perseverance deposited the titanium tube containing a rock sample on the Red Planet's surface.

NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover snags its first dirt sample in the Red Planet. NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover has successfully collected its first-ever dirt sample from the rocky surface of the Red Planet.

NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) have agreed on the next steps to get Mars samples that are being collected by Perseverance back on Earth.

Scientists are working to develop a shield for this orbiter as it flies to Mars in the vacuum of space.

Nasa has said that the rover has analysed the most organic-rich samples on Mars and there could be more than meets the eye.