The Mars Ascent Vehicle, seen here in an earlier NASA design, will launch from the surface of Mars to place samples collected by the Perseverance rover into orbit. Credit: NASA WASHINGTON — NASA has ...

NASA announced it had awarded Lockheed Martin Space a contract to build the Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV), a rocket that can collect ground samples from Mars and send them back to Earth. NASA says the ...

NASA's Perseverance Rover is equipped with the most advanced science lab ever brought to another planet, so it will be able to thoroughly analyze any rocks and soil that it digs up. However, NASA also ...

EUGENE — Ra’Shaad Samples will earn more than Carlos Locklyn did at Oregon and as much as his predecessor is going to earn at Ohio State. Samples, who was hired at UO last week, signed a two-year ...