Andy Weir's bestselling story "The Martian" predicts that by 2035 NASA will have landed humans on Mars three times, perfected ...

"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 ...

NASA is considering launching missions to Mars as early as next year in an effort to expedite its plan to land astronauts on ...

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

The results will be worth the effort and the cost, not just in understanding the world around us in general but also in ...

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.

Sen. John Cornyn introduced the Mission to Modernize Astronautic Resources for Space Act, which would improve and modernize the Johnson Space Center.

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 ...

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 ...