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 ...

“This is a really important operational evaluation of human health and performance that NASA is doing in preparation to land the first humans on Mars. In CHAPEA, we mimic what is the Mars surface ...

Despite the significant strides made in space exploration, the dream of setting foot on Mars remains elusive. The journey to the Red Planet is fraught with numerous challenges, from technical and ...

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

"It's really not a question of robotic exploration or human exploration," Ehlmann said. "It is an 'and' — it's robotic and ...

University of Colorado Boulder postdoctoral researcher Ulubilge Ulusoy is developing AI systems to bridge the gap in support ...

Scientists in a recent breakthrough have discovered the most promising landing site for humans, aiming to prepare for the ...

Four astronauts are about to become the first humans to venture near the moon in more than half a century since NASA's iconic ...

If humans set foot on Mars (as shown in this artist’s rendering), they will contend with a harsh environment. US President Donald Trump last week laid out one of the biggest challenges ever for NASA — ...