A collaborative research team has improved visual localization and topographic mapping techniques that enable China's Zhurong ...

A recent experiment has shown that certain lichen species can remain metabolically active in an environment similar to that found on Mars.

A NASA advisor is taking billionaire Elon Musk’s Mars plans to task, writing Thursday that the highly ambitious endeavor won’t happen “anytime soon.” Musk, the founder of SpaceX ...

In the same interview with the Fox News, Musk addressed the long-term goal of his company SpaceX. “We would be able to take astronauts to Mars. In fact, we want to take anyone who goes to Mars," he ...

A perfect March Madness bracket could win you a trip to Mars in the years ahead aboard SpaceX's Starship rocket. And in case you're wondering, yes, that's the same spacecraft that has made ...

When asked about the possible timeline for humankind’s first steps on Mars, Mr Musk said, “I think the soonest would be (20)29”. He said it would take another decade and a half to make the ...

In his January inaugural address, President Donald Trump declared that we will “pursue our Manifest Density into the stars” and “plant the stars and stripes on the planet Mars.” ...

Starship, however, has become like a personal shot of testosterone for him, the most audacious expression of his intention to go beyond the moon to Mars. Its challenges have intensified just as he ...

HONOLULU – Lava from Hawaii's most active volcano created fountains that reached 700 feet Thursday during the latest episode of an ongoing eruption. Kilauea began continuously releasing lava ...

Elon Musk announces SpaceX's Starship spacecraft could launch to Mars as early as next year, with human missions possible by 2029 or 2031. Despite recent setbacks, including a failed test flight ...

NASA aims to send humans to Mars as early as the 2030s; flights which, there and back, could take 21 months. "The extreme environment of space, the radiation, the lack of gravity, even just ...