The spacecraft aced its encounter with Mars. Now, mission scientists are studying a trove of data from the flyby in ...
Sending humans to Mars and returning them safely to Earth would be one of the most complex endeavors that humans have ever carried out. The number of issues that must be dealt with simultaneously is ...
NASA is officially calling for research participants for the agency’s next simulated deep space mission set to start in ...
China's Tianwen 3 unmanned mission to Mars is set to carry an array of science payloads, including five built by scientists ...
NASA’s ESCAPADE is the first UC Berkeley-led planetary mission. Its two identical satellites will provide an unprecedented stereo view of Mars’ magnetosphere. Mapping the ionosphere and space ...
NASA is looking for volunteers to be part of a year-long simulated Moon and Mars mission. The Moon and Mars Exploration Analog mission is set to begin in August of 2027. This mission is the first in a ...
A crewed mission to Mars would rank among the most complex and costly undertakings in human history—and US President Donald Trump has vowed to make it a national priority. That political momentum, ...
Not everyone who wants to go to Mars needs to leave Earth to help get humanity there. NASA is recruiting volunteers to spend ...
After a picture-perfect launch of twin Escapade spacecraft bound for Mars, Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket aced landing on a recovery vessel floating in the Atlantic, helping power a revolution in ...
Rejected by NASA at 14, Claire Parfitt persevered to become the European Space Agency's Mars Exploration Study Lead, helping ...
Bypassing the moon and sending crews straight to Mars would be a serious error. Credit: NASA We’ve observed with concern a rising trend in human spaceflight ...

Elon Musk’s Mars illusion

A look at the science behind Elon Musk's goal of a million-person city on Mars, and why planetary scientists say terraforming ...