NASA's plans for Mars sample return are effectively cancelled as part of a bill approved by the U.S. Congress, ending efforts ...

NASA has launched the Mars to Table Challenge, seeking Earth-independent food systems capable of sustaining astronauts on ...

Mars has always felt like a distant neighbor, reachable only after a long, risky cruise through deep space. Now engineers ...

An illustration of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover on the surface of the Red Planet. Perseverance is gathering samples for return to Earth in the 2030s, but proposed budget cuts could delay or doom ...

NASA’s Mars Sample Return program faces opposition from planetary scientists following proposed cancellation, with concerns raised over Perseverance samples, future Mars missions, and international ...

In four years, Nick Morales (MSR ‘23) went from watching a rover landing on the Red Planet to pioneering lunar robotics. As millions watched the Perseverance rover make its dramatic descent onto Mars ...

SpaceX's Starship/Super Heavy lifts off on Flight 9 May 27. Credit: SpaceX America has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to open the space frontier by initiating a sustained program of human ...

The only way to create a sustainable program of exploring the moon and Mars with humans, beyond the initial flush of achievement, is by fully integrating science into our planning. We won’t be able to ...

The former director of NASA's Ames Research Center was the first head of the Mars exploration program in the US and has promoted the involvement of private companies in the space sector: "It is ...

The plan for the tourist camp comes as NASA wants to send humans to Mars. Mars-V is developing a Mars simulation tourist center in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert for 2029. Tourists experience harsh conditions ...

Now that we are back in space with the successful launch of space shuttle Discovery, many people are wondering what is next for the space program and NASA. NASA is developing a new spacecraft that ...

UTAH, USA — Students at the University of Colorado spent spring break on Mars, or at least the closest thing we have to Mars here on Earth. "I went to Mars. That’s what I’ve been telling everyone," ...