The Fram2 crew will be the first people to observe the polar regions from low Earth orbit, and they'll work on experiments ...

The Medusae Fossae Formation of Mars has ice deposits over 2 miles deep, potentially providing vital water resources for ...

The north pole of Mars is slowly sinking under the weight of an ice cap that only formed within the past few million years. And, in the process, it's telling us something about what the planet's ...

A SpaceX astronaut mission like no other will lift off from Kennedy Space Center on Monday night. Here's what to know.

With NASA aiming to send humans to Mars as soon as the 2030s and SpaceX’s Elon Musk aiming for as early as 2029, we are the closest we’ve ever been to achieving interplanetary crewed spaceflight. In ...

The surface of Mars is known for being an extremely cold, desiccated, and irradiated place. But as its many surface features ...

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

A privately funded crew will launch on a SpaceX rocket next week on a mission to orbit Earth's poles - something that has ...

If you've ever looked at Mars through a telescope, you probably noticed its two polar ice caps. The northern one is made largely of water ice—the most obvious sign that Mars was once a wetter ...

Elon Musk aims to colonize Mars despite challenges such as its extreme climate, thin atmosphere, and lack of liquid water.