A laboratory prototype of a plasma electric rocket engine based on a magnetic plasma accelerator has been produced by Rosatom ...

Mars is host to strange features called recurring slope lineae, which tend to form on the sides of steep craters during warm weather. It's hard to figure out what these RSL are, though.

Following is a transcript of the video. Imagine you could vacation on Mars. At first glance, Mars appears very different from Earth, but if you take a closer look, you'll discover that the Red ...

On Sunday (Jan. 12), the Red Planet will make its close approach of Earth at 8:32 a.m. EST (13:32 GMT). This event, known as perigee, causes Mars to appear bigger and brighter in the sky than usual, ...

The low levels of gravity (microgravity) in space cause significant changes in astronauts' eyes and vision after six to 12 ...

Louis Friedman, an aerospace engineer and author of "Human Spaceflight: From Mars to the Stars," believes that humans may never travel past Mars. The former head of The Planetary Society says ...

And, their weight and design mean they can also travel beyond Earth’s immediate neighborhood, potentially ferrying humans to the moon, Mars, and beyond. By moving into orbit with its Commercial ...

Instead, those first crewed missions to Mars will most likely just travel into an orbit around Mars. It would be an incredible achievement, but we’re not yet to a point where NASA can even begin ...

Her passion and dedication for space travel are so clear that in 2013, NASA invited her to discuss future missions to Mars as part of the MER (Mars Exploration Rover) 10 panel in Washington.