We've been talking about going to Mars since the end of the Apollo program. Now there's a new wave of interest in traveling ...

One hundred people were due to take a one-way trip to Mars in 2023 — and, while some experts say it was a suicide mission, ...

For centuries, we have been gazing into space with fascination, dreaming of travelling to distant planets. To make these ...

The trip to Mars and back is not one for the faint of heart. We're not talking days, weeks, or months. But there are ...

NASA's beleaguered Mars Sample Return program currently faces extreme costs of up to $11 billion and a timeline that could ...

I’m one of a team of more than 500 travelers exploring Mars from California with the most sophisticated robot ever sent to another planet. As I write, Curiosity is pounding a hole into a rock in ...

Olympus Mons And no trip to Mars would be complete without a visit to Olympus Mons, the tallest volcano in the solar system. It covers a region the size of Arizona. It's three times as tall as ...

Nasa has teamed up with Darpa to create a nuclear-powered rocket of the future Credit: Nasa Nasa nuclear rocket Mars is far away – around 140 millions from Earth on average. That means getting ...

Researchers at NASA Langley are developing a next-gen system called MARVL (Modular Assembled Radiators for Nuclear Electric ...

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.

would then collect the sample capsule for the trip to Earth. Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more! In 2020, the estimated cost of that Mars ...