NASA has plans to send astronauts to Mars surprisingly soon, but their exact timeline is still rather vague for a number of different reasons.

In case you haven't been paying attention, there's a new space race going on, and if China's upcoming Mars mission is a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lest you think that billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has put his dreams of sending humans to Mars on hold, think again. In ...

Blue Origin will develop a Mars orbiter that will be critical to NASA as the agency prepares to send humans to Earth's planetary neighbor.

NASA released a much-anticipated contract solicitation for a Mars-orbiting spacecraft late last week, kicking off what is sure to be a hotly contested and potentially controversial procurement. At ...

Astronauts may be able to arrive on Mars with hearts strong enough to handle the planet’s gravity after months in space if they keep exercising along the way. A study co-led by a UT Southwestern ...

The last time humanity sent a rover to Mars was in 2020, when the Perseverance lifted off on top of an Atlas V rocket and headed out to the Red Planet to make history. The next rover is not scheduled ...

Japanese scientists are readying a mission to Mars' moons to retrieve samples that may unlock the origins of the solar system and life on Earth, although a rival Chinese mission aims to make it back ...

Navigating rovers on Mars is exceptionally difficult because GPS isn't a possibility, but this new technique will make it ...

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