"We can chart a course for Mars in line with the president's vision to return to the moon before the Chinese can get there and figure out the space economy and do the other things."

A billionaire tech CEO and private astronaut, Jared Isaacman, is facing questions at a US Senate hearing about a rumored shift in focus from the moon to Mars.

President Donald Trump's pick to lead NASA will tell senators on Wednesday that the agency will prioritize an astronaut mission to Mars, while four astronauts in the agency's moon program are set to make a rare appearance at the hearing,

SpaceX astronaut and incoming NASA head Jared Isaacman took a notable turn away from the space firm that enabled both of his trips into orbit.

A mission will deliver rock and soil from Mars to laboratories on Earth in the 2030s. Mars Sample Return (MSR) is led by Nasa with participation from the European Space Agency (Esa). The mission will allow scientists to use the best laboratory instruments on Earth to determine whether Mars hosted microbial life billions of years ago.

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.

Lockheed Martin has been part of all NASA Mars missions to date and it has been part of every single sample return mission to date. And, with the Mars Sample

NASA has taken a major step toward deep space exploration with the integration of the SLS rocket and solid rocket boosters for the Artemis II mission. This upcoming launch will be the first to carry astronauts as part of the Artemis program,