With Trump’s new budget cutting NASA science programs, the Mars Sample Return mission could be replaced by a private-sector ...

NASA's beleaguered Mars Sample Return mission may get a reprieve from an unexpected source. Lockheed Martin has proposed a ...

Aerospace giant Lockheed Martin offered to "execute Mars Sample Return (MSR) as a firm-fixed price solution for under $3 ...

The aerospace giant says it can revive Mars Sample Return with a leaner, lower-cost approach drawing on proven designs.

Lockheed Martin has launched its campaign to establish a "Mars Base Camp" — a vision for sending humans to Mars by 2028.

With a pair of Orion capsules equipped, Lockheed’s conceptual Mars “base camp” could house six astronauts in relative comfort, allowing many human hands to carry out experiments research ...

And Lockheed Martin isn't alone in working the Mars Sample Return mission. It has drawn international attention. In fact, the European Space Agency is wholly responsible for the Earth Return Orbiter.