In the 1960s, humans set out to discover what the red planet has to teach us. Now, NASA is hoping to land the first humans on ...

"We have now achieved all the technical requirements for controlling complex robotic missions on Mars — and for a future ...

Separately, the NASA program of humans in space began as a cold war effort but has evolved significantly, especially since the end of the Shuttle era. The short-term goal for humans is embodied in the ...

Highlighting its intent to send humans to Mars, NASA has announced that it will soon be embarking on a year-long simulation of a Mars mission using four research volunteers.

NASA is taking a bold step toward the future of planetary exploration with a new mission to Mars that could change everything ...

Mars is known for its barren desert landscape and dry climate. But two recent studies in the journals Nature and Science go ...

The Viking missions paved the way for future Mars missions and helped researchers understand the red planet’s climate and ...

New research from Swinburne University of Technology and CSIRO shows that Martian regolith can be processed into iron under ...

Magnets could make bulky centrifuges obsolete in space oxygen systems. Scientists have developed a more efficient way to ...

Getting rovers to Mars was one of NASA's crowning achievements, but now the space agency is looking for different ways to get samples back to Earth.

Swinburne and CSIRO researchers have successfully produced iron in Mars-like conditions, opening the door to metal production ...