SpaceX's upcoming Fram2 astronaut mission will attempt to grow mushrooms in microgravity for the first time, as part of an ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover is testing spacesuit materials on Mars to help scientists design gear for future astronauts.

Toxic dust on Mars would make a future mission to the red planet extremely hazardous for astronauts and require significant ...

Scientists are confident Mars was once abundant with water, as seen in massive flood-carved channels, ancient river valleys, ...

While the presence of these molecules is not proof of ancient life on Mars, scientists say it shows we could detect chemical ...

NASA's Perseverance rover landed on Mars in 2021 to search for signs of ancient microbial life and to help scientists ...

Mars possesses a very thin atmosphere, about 100 times thinner compared to Earth, and this provides a massive impediment to humanity. Literally, there is no oxygen to breathe and no method to ...

The molecules may be remnants of fatty acids, which form cell membranes in Earth’s organisms, though they might have formed ...

Martian lake beds and deltas reveal the Red Planet’s watery past. But many puzzles remain, scientist Bruce Jakosky says.

For more than a decade, a robotic explorer has been traveling across Mars, quietly collecting clues about a time when the Red ...

Compared to Mars, ISS is in our backyard ... live on Mars and safely return to Earth. The physiological challenges are also daunting. During the nine-month trip to Mars, the spacecraft will ...