Inside the lab, the sample stays in its same collection tube but gets dropped into a regular-size tube to be analyzed by standard blood analyzer machines.

The Perseverance rover has found some intriguing samples on the red planet. Here's what they might reveal about the origins of life in our universe—if we can get them back to Earth.

NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image of its 26th collected rock sample, named “Silver Mountain,” using its onboard Sample Caching System Camera, located inside the rover’s ...

An exploding budget and an unraveling schedule spell disappointment for NASA's mission to learn more about Mars's history.

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover appears in this selfie it snapped in January 2023 alongside several sample tubes scattered about the landscape of Jezero Crater. The space agency is developing a ...

NASA defers decision on Mars Sample Return to the Trump administration "We want to have the quickest, cheapest way to get these 30 samples back." ...

NASA has announced two new approaches to the Mars sample return mission that could save billions of dollars and at least a year in the timeline.

NASA is considering two ways to get its precious Mars samples back to Earth but won't pick a winner for another 18 months or so.

Additional space in the tubes containing Martian rock could reveal insights into the gases that make up the Red Planet's atmosphere.

Atmospheric scientists get a little more excited with every rock core NASA's Perseverance Mars rover seals in its titanium sample tubes, which are being gathered for eventual delivery to Earth as ...