Mars looks familiar from afar, but surviving there means creating a protective oasis in a hostile world. Instead of shipping ...

A newly identified region on Mars may hold the key to future human landings. Researchers found evidence of water ice less ...

NASA is quietly rewriting the script for human exploration of the Red Planet, turning robots from remote-controlled tools ...

New research explores how microbes could turn Martian soil into building material and support life systems, offering a potential path for constructing human habitats on Mars using local resources ...

Scientists preparing for humanity’s first mission to Mars say the search for life must be the top priority. Backed by major ...

The potential for sending payloads and people to Mars is therefore becoming plausible in a way that it never has before. Mars ...

The best reason to send humans to Mars isn’t for guts or glory—or the construction of colonies to safeguard against existential Earth-bound risks. Instead it’s to answer a single, simple question: Is ...

Hidden among the majestic canyons of the Utah desert, about 7 miles from the nearest town, is a small research facility meant to prepare humans for life on Mars. The Mars Society, a nonprofit ...

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Early prototypes of the SpaceX Starship super-capsule that Italy is chartering to speed its spaceflight and biotech experiments to Mars (Marie D. De Jesús/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) With its ...