Sending humans to Mars is one of the most ambitious goals in the history of space exploration. Unlike missions to the Moon, which only took a few days to complete, a journey to Mars would take ...

We have long been inspired by the idea that life could reside on Mars – human or otherwise. But fiction is getting closer to reality, says NASA’s former chief scientist, Jim Green.

In antiquity, masons added organic substances, such as animal blood, to enhance the durability of their mortar. Today, human serum albumin, a protein found in blood plasma, could play a similar role ...

SpaceX is setting its sights on Mars, with ambitious plans to send Starships to the Red Planet by 2026 for landing tests. If everything goes according to plan, humans could step foot on Mars as soon ...

Planet Mars in the Starry Sky of Solar System in Space. This image elements furnished by NASA. Nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) reactor technology could reduce the travel time for human missions to ...

In a separate post, he added, “There’s a Mars transfer window in Dec 2028/Jan 2029. SpaceX could send humans crewed to Mars then. Future is coming fast.” The Martians will decide how they ...

Earth and Mars in comparison. Mars has only about 10.7 percent of earth's mass but is roughly half ... [+] its radius. Mars remains a true puzzle, but not for the reasons most people would think.

Knowing for a while now that it's going to head for Mars and elsewhere, NASA started not long ago looking into nuclear power as a means to push spacecraft, more specifically into something called ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, known for his advocacy for Mars colonisation, applauded Trump’s announcement. Musk, seated near Trump’s son Barron during the ceremony, has long championed the idea of making ...

"NASA's Perseverance rover is collecting compelling science samples that will help scientists understand the geological history of Mars, the evolution of its climate, and prepare for future human ...