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.

Advocates for space science research are concerned about job losses and cuts to funding at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville.

"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.

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A sampling of the over 2,000 artworks that are part of the NASA Art Program were recently uploaded to NASA's Flickrstream, and give an insight into the breadth of work that has come out of this rare merger between a government agency and art. Annie ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover recently captured a sweeping panorama of Mars’ Gale Crater under exceptionally favorable viewing conditions, offering one of the clearest looks yet at the vast Martian basin. The panorama, composed of 44 images taken by the rover ...

One never has to wait long for a surprise from the Trump administration. In May, the White House withdrew Jared Isaacman’s nomination as NASA administrator. The billionaire entrepreneur and private astronaut had become a casualty of the spectacular spat ...

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 ...