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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

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.

NASA has just unveiled its latest selection of advanced concepts for further exploration, and they’re as wild and intriguing as we’ve come to expect.

NASA, in its relentless pursuit of space innovation, announced on Thursday the selection of 13 new projects for its 2024 Phase I awards under the Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. These awards, totaling up to $175,000 each, are granted to teams proposing advanced and unconventional space technologies.

WASHINGTON - As the Mars Helicopter continues to perform far beyond expectations, lessons learned from that rover are being incorporated into NASA's

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

NASA has taken the unusual step of cutting its own budget for the Mars Sample Return mission. What's going on?

The space agency's cut could "cost hundreds of jobs and a decade of lost science," the bipartisan group says.