NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said that’s too much and too late. ... The samples will help NASA decide where astronauts go on Mars in the 2040s, Nelson said.

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 ...

NASA’s little Mars helicopter has flown its last flight.. The space agency announced Thursday that the 4-pound (1.8-kilogram) chopper named Ingenuity can no longer fly because of rotor blade damage.

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 Administrator Bill Nelson said the government agency aims to send astronauts back to the moon, while the Perseverance Rover explores what was once a lake on Mars.

"NASA has a history of setting ambitious goals and then accomplishing them, reflecting our nation's commitment to discovery and innovation," NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said in a press release.

A reporter asks NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, "Why are we going to Mars? Why are we going to the moon?" Administrator Nelson replies, "We are explorers and adventurers as a species; that ...

Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) used the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing to set forth new goals for the space program in the 21st century. The two-term senator called upon the memory of Pr… ...

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson holds up a photo of China's Zhurong Mars rover during a House hearing on May 19, 2021. (Image credit: NASA TV) Nelson twice showed a printed-out picture of China's ...

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said China's successful rover landing on Mars is a warning to the U.S. government that the space agency faces stiff competition in the future.. Testifying before the ...

The Senate should confirm Bill Nelson without delay." Nelson, 78, served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1979 to 1991, mounted an unsuccessful run for governor of Florida and then won ...