One part of this plan would require increasing the planet’s atmospheric pressure, and one scientist suggests that capturing ...

In his lecture, Levine noted, the United States is planning a human mission to Mars that may begin as early as 2035. The ...

Multiple plans exist to explore Mars in the coming decades using robotic and crewed missions. The ultimate goal of these ...

THERE are lots of ideas on how humans can terraform Mars ... But a Polish scientist says the physics of growing Earth's hardiest plants on Mars are too out of reach - and a more extreme route ...

A British propulsion company is aiming to harness nuclear fusion and drastically cut travel times to far off places in space.

Long-term exposure to Mars dust may pose serious health risks to astronauts, including lung damage and thyroid issues.

no human has ever set foot there. Various missions by the world’s space agencies plan to change this in the coming decades. Mars is smaller than Earth. It has a diameter of roughly 4,222 miles ...

Mars might be a thrilling destination, but its dust could be deadly. A team of scientists warns that long-term exposure to Martian dust could harm future astronauts’ lungs, thyroids, and more. Packed ...

SpaceX launched 'Fram2,' a private astronaut mission, from Nasa's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.The mission is the ...