The Mars Sample Return mission has been ranked as the highest priority by planetary scientists, who hope to find signs of ancient life on Mars.

NASA wants to return Mars samples to Earth, but budget problems and technical woes have the mission caught between a rock and ...

NASA said scientists began receiving more detailed telemetry — or "housekeeping data" — from the spacecraft on New Year's Day ...

"The data that will come down from the spacecraft will be fresh information about a place that we, as humanity, have never ...

A Nasa spacecraft is in “good health” after going closer to the Sun than anything ever has, the space agency has said. The ...

Just before midnight Thursday, the spacecraft finally "phoned home," transmitting a beacon tone back to Earth, indicating it ...

NASA sent its Parker Solar Probe just 3.8 million miles from the surface of the Sun — and it survived. The probe transmitted ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe flew closer to the sun than any human-made object ever — a stunning technological feat that ...

NASA has confirmed that its Parker Solar Probe is safe and fully operational after its Christmas Eve close encounter with the ...

NASA's spacecraft sets record for the closest approach to the sun, flying within 3.8 million miles while enduring extreme heat.