Overall, the budget proposes reducing the agency's annual budget from $24.9 billion to $18.8 billion. Newsweek has contacted ...

Nelson said he “pulled the plug” months ago on the original sample return plan given the soaring costs and the delay in getting anything back from Mars before 2040. “That was just simply ...

"Returning the scientifically selected samples that await us on Mars, as part of a balanced portfolio, will help to ensure ...

Bill Harwood has been covering the U.S. space program full-time since 1984, ... not to hand a new administration just one alternative," Nelson said. "If they want to have a Mars sample return, ...

Earlier this month, outgoing NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and other agency officials presented two possible plans for the mission, known as Mars Sample Return, for the incoming administration.

NASA has arrived at two ways of returning samples collected on Mars ... return date of the samples from 2031 to 2040 — a delay that was “simply unacceptable,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson ...

Each of these two options would be "simplified, faster, and less expensive" compared to the original plan, said NASA administrator Bill Nelson. "We want to have the quickest, cheapest way to get ...

Bill Nelson's letter serves as both a farewell and a call to action, reminding all involved in NASA's mission of the vital role they play in shaping humanity's future in space. Nelson was sworn in ...

Bill Nelson's letter serves as both a farewell and a call to action, reminding all involved in NASA's mission of the vital role they play in shaping humanity's future in space. Nelson was sworn in ...

But NASA administrator Bill Nelson said such failures are necessary to inform future successes. The Starship's first three launches also ended in explosions.