Next time you're driving around on Mars and need to get your tire replaced, chances are good it'll look something like a ...

Challenges to Mars construction Of course, there are other factors besides material availability at work in such a construction project. Here on Earth, we have centuries of experience building in ...

According to the team, a sulfur-based concrete will likely be the most reliable initial material for buildings on Mars. But researchers also suggest that another, more outlandish contender could be ...

Nuclear thermal propulsion fuel could reduce the travel time for missions to Mars from six months to just 45 days.

NASA is therefore eager to get the Mars material — about 30 cigar-sized, sealed tubes containing rock cores and sediment — home, and then on to laboratories around the world. But doing so has ...

University of Manchester scientists have created a new material, dubbed ‘StarCrete’ which is made from extra-terrestrial dust, potato starch, and a pinch of salt and could be used to build homes on ...

it’s not clear why there also wasn’t the same amount of material near Mars so that it might grow to be the same size, Matthew Clement, a planetary scientist at Johns Hopkins University’s ...

Samples from Mars have never been obtained and returned to Earth, and NASA is still hashing out how it plans to achieve that milestone. The tubes will contain material from the surface that is to ...

ALBAWABA - In a groundbreaking achievement, a team of researchers from Sussex University has accomplished the "most crucial goal" in making life on Mars feasible. According to a study published ...

Mars bars have been given a new look with recyclable paper wrappers instead of plastic. It is part of a pilot, trialling more environmentally friendly materials for Mars Food's chocolate bars.