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

While originally conceived as an in-house job, NASA has since realized that its version of the plan would cost at least $7 ...

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

Since NASA’s Mariner spacecraft made the first up-close observations of Mars in 1964, humanity has lobbed a long line of orbiters, landers, and rovers towards the Red Planet. Of course, it ha… ...

Concept drawing of the Mars Base Camp Lockheed Martin. NASA’s goal is to put the first boot prints on Mars in the 2030s. There’s a lot of work to be done before then, and many small steps to ...

Lockheed Martin has fleshed out its picture for sending astronauts to the Red Planet by adding a refuelable lander and a water-based fuel supply chain to its “Mars Base Camp” mission ...

Could NASA's Mars Sample Return be saved? Lockheed Martin proposes $3 billion plan to haul home Red Planet rocks ... Seven of the proposals received a $1.5 million contract to conduct 90-day ...

Mars Advocates, Lawmakers, Industry Groups Decry NASA Budget Proposal ‘Skinny’ budget opponents argue cuts to science and other programs will derail U.S. leadership in human spaceflight.

Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) space business has received a potential six-year, $194 million contract from NASA to design, develop and test multiple Mars ascent vehicles, including a flight ...

Cichan says the Spider Flyer concept came from the need to keep Lockheed's Mars mission proposal lean: Though NASA has a mandate to send people to Mars by 2033, and do groundbreaking science in ...