Missions to colonize Mars may not be as far away as you think, though current plans rely heavily on the burgeoning field of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A still taken from a NASA video about the SkyFall Mars helicopter mission. NASA wants to send an ambitious fleet of helicopters to ...

The vision of Mars colonization is moving from science fiction into real-world planning, with multiple space agencies preparing for long-term human presence. Modern Mars missions focus on testing ...

Explore NASA's Artemis program and the Orion spacecraft as we dive into the debate: should we go back to the moon or head ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Digital rendering of Blue Origin’s Mars Telecommunications Network orbiter in orbit around the Red Planet. | ©Image Credit: Blue ...

You're in the lab analyzing Martian regolith samples within your cozy Mars habitat serving on the fifth human mission to Mars. The power within the habitat has been flowing flawlessly thanks to the ...

NASA is seeking volunteers for a yearlong mission inside a simulated space habitat. The agency’s Moon and Mars Exploration Analog program will be conducted at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Florida Tech students spent a week “on Mars” in a Utah desert habitat, testing isolation, teamwork, and science for future ...

Dual NASA Viking landers searched for life on Mars in 1976. Credit: NASA July 20 marked the 50th anniversary of one of the biggest robotic spaceflight achievements in NASA’s history: the landing of ...

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When you're going 200 mph — or preparing to send humans millions of miles away — small details make a big difference when the margin for error is slim. Before ...