NASA's nuclear propulsion breakthrough promises Mars trips in 45 days. Combining nuclear and plasma systems boosts efficiency ...

HUMANS have already reached the Moon – and Mars seems like the obvious next step. But how will we get there? There are ...

Instead of a winter wonderland, the Red Planet's northern hemisphere goes through an active—even explosive—spring thaw. While ...

In 2023, NASA announced the crew of its upcoming Artemis ... There is still a lot of work to be done, as making a human trip to Mars "will be challenging," Space.com said. The distance itself ...

Making the trip from Earth to Mars is fraught with risk – including the danger of exposure to deadly radiationCredit: Nasa JPL Nasa hasn't announced a strict date for plans to send humans to Mars.

SNAPS of Mars in snow are quite rare, given how hard they are to capture. But they give us a glimpse of what a future Mars ...

Mars is far away – around 140 millions from Earth on average. That means getting there is not only time-consuming, but very expensive in terms of fuel. Nasa hopes that one way of bringing the ...

The 21-month trip to Mars poses a litany of problems, particularly keeping people healthy. Could hibernation be an answer?

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, right, stands near the apex of a sand ripple in an image taken by Perseverance on Feb. 24, 2024, about five weeks after the rotorcraft’s final flight.

It's a new year on Mars, and while New Year's means winter in Earth's northern hemisphere, it's the start of spring in the ...

After an arduous ascent to the rim of Mars' Jezero Crater, NASA's Perseverance rover is doing a little sightseeing. The most recent stop on its Red Planet road trip? A roughly 656-foot-long (200 ...

Carter made few contributions to NASA history, but a key decision helped shape 30 years of U.S. spaceflight. The ...