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

Before the first human boot sinks into Martian dust, an army of machines will have already been at work for years, testing ...

A newly identified region on Mars may hold the key to future human landings. Researchers found evidence of water ice less ...

SpaceX is quietly reshaping its Mars strategy around a new kind of astronaut: a Tesla-built humanoid that can work where ...

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

Mars' craters come from ancient collisions during the formation of the solar system. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell University/Arizona State University via AP NASA plans to send humans on a scientific round ...

Humans have long imagined life on Mars, though our understanding of the planet has changed a lot. Some of the US's earliest plans assumed humans could reach the Red Planet by the 1980s. Over the ...

NASA plans to send humans on a scientific round trip to Mars potentially as early as 2035. The trip will take about six to seven months each way and will cover up to 250 million miles (402 million ...

Scientists explain how robotic missions are helping prepare for human travel to the moon and Mars, focusing on radiation, water mapping, lunar dust, and space weather planning ...

A former chief historian of NASA reflects on the history and future of Mars exploration Roger D. Launius The original 'Face on Mars' image taken by NASA's Viking 1 orbiter that resembled a human face ...

Joseph Silk is not a fantasist or science fiction author. He holds a doctorate in astronomy from Harvard University and taught astrophysics and cosmology at Oxford University. But what he wrote in his ...