NASA's plans for Mars sample return are effectively cancelled as part of a bill approved by the U.S. Congress, ending efforts to collect Perseverance rover samples that could contain evidence of alien life.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission returned safely to Earth after 167 days in orbit, completing hundreds of hours of research aboard the International Space Station.

"Awards like these are a critical component of our incubator program for future missions, which combines government leadership with commercial innovation to make what is impossible today rapidly implementable in the future," said Shawn Domagal-Goldman, director of NASA's Astrophysics Division in the statement.

NASA’s Mars Sample Return program faces opposition from planetary scientists following proposed cancellation, with concerns raised over Perseverance samples, future Mars missions, and international competition.

Larry Bell (left) and Chet Vaughan worked for many years for NASA from the moon landings to the International Space Station. When former astronauts from the Apollo era pass away, it tends to make the news — like it did last month when we learned of the ...

Travis Scott celebrated the STEM achievements of Houston students with NASA engineers at the NASA Space Center in Houston. Travis Scott brought together beats and blueprints in Houston, where his Cactus Jack Foundation teamed with Space Center Houston to ...