NASA is considering launching missions to Mars as early as next year in an effort to expedite its plan to land astronauts on the Red Planet. The surprise shift of focus comes less than a week after ...

"To decide not to return them, or to put it off to an indefinite future time with human missions would be to take a major ...

Elon Musk called Mars colonization "life insurance" for humanity in a Fox News interview, warning that Earth will eventually be destroyed by the sun.

A decade after the release of "The Martian" and a decade out from the world it envisions, how close is reality to fiction?

Pulsar's new fusion rocket could cut the time it takes to reach Mars to just 4 months of travel, a massive improvement over current times.

From cosmic radiation to crushing isolation, the journey to Mars presents a web of interlinked dangers. NASA’s Human Research ...

Equally important is articulating why a “moon first, then Mars” pathway offers a lower-risk, more strategic and deliberate trajectory, both from a human safety and overall mission success ...

A budget proposal released on May 2 includes not only cuts to NASA's science budget, but an early end to its SLS moon rocket.

The White House released a "skinny" version of its budget proposal for fiscal year 2026 on Friday, including financial ...

The budget cut more than $2 billion in “Space Science” programs, including a Mars sample return mission that the government said would be made redundant by a human mission to Mars. The budget ...

The White House proposes prioritizing human space exploration missions to Mars over science on Earth and other programs. [Courtesy: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory] The White House on Friday ...

The White House budget proposal aims to discontinue NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) after three missions due to cost overruns. NASA's overall budget, including science programs, faces cuts, with ...