Humanity’s dream of settling on Mars is becoming more achievable, thanks to major strides in space exploration. Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, believes a sustainable human presence on the Red Planet is ...

A UK-born woman may be about to go to Mars for a year – at least in simulated form. Laura Marie is on the alternate crew list ...

Musk will likely stay committed to the Mars-settlement goal over the long haul, as it has long been a driving force for him ...

An uncrewed mission called Artemis 1 flew around the moon and back again in 2022. Four astronauts aim to do the same next ...

Recently, an exciting piece of news has sparked heated discussions in the aerospace field — in 2025, the Mars Sample Return ...

NASA’s search for evidence of past life on Mars just produced an exciting update. On Sept. 10, 2025, a team of scientists published a paper detailing the Perseverance rover’s investigation of a ...

Swinburne and CSIRO researchers have successfully produced iron in Mars-like conditions, opening the door to metal production ...

NASA rover Perseverance collected evidence being considered by agency officials as 'the closest we have ever come to ...

In the summer of 1976, NASA's Viking spacecraft successfully landed on Mars, marking humanity's first direct scientific exploration in search of extraterrestrial life. This mission not only caused a ...

NASA named an Air Force test pilot, a Space Force officer who was once an ICBM missile officer, and a Marine Corps F/A-18 ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the exploration of Mars. The United States, Soviet Union and China are the only three countries to land a spacecraft on Mars. There have been nine successful US Mars landings: ...

The rock comes from a dry riverbed called the Bright Angel Formation. This region contains sedimentary rocks composed of silt and clay.