Elon Musk has repeatedly said he plans to put humans on Mars, yet the gap between that vision and reality remains wide. The ...

A consortium of American scientists and engineers filed a report that stridently makes the case for putting boots down on ...

As humanity prepares to take its first steps on Mars, a comprehensive report released by the National Academies of Sciences, ...

When astronauts set foot on Mars, it will be one of humanity’s greatest milestones, marking the start of a new era of ...

Leading US scientists and engineers have published a 200-page report, "A Science Strategy for the Human Exploration of Mars," ...

Mars will never be forgiving, and survival there will depend on engineering choices—not optimism. From radiation and ...

The search for past or present life should be the top science objective of future human missions to Mars, a new National ...

“This is a really important operational evaluation of human health and performance that NASA is doing in preparation to land the first humans on Mars. In CHAPEA, we mimic what is the Mars surface ...

The three astronauts on the mission to be the first humans on Mars don’t even get to the surface before the trouble starts. They enter the Martian atmosphere wrong, half crash-land in a spot not quite ...

A major new study lays out plans for crewed missions to Mars, with the search for extraterrestrial life being a top priority ...

If humans set foot on Mars (as shown in this artist’s rendering), they will contend with a harsh environment. US President Donald Trump last week laid out one of the biggest challenges ever for NASA — ...

A new study reveals how specialized microbes might convert Martian regolith into durable, life-supporting structures. Since ...