Tracking the first astronauts’ visit to Mars won’t be as simple as watching a clock or marking days off of a calendar. Thanks ...

NASA is going to Mars. This much we know -- but the devil is in the details. For example, "going to Mars" isn't quite as simple a proposition as, say, going to Minneapolis. Here on Earth, when you ...

The team had to endure temperatures that reached a maximum of around 113 degrees Fahrenheit, with only a small pop-up tent to shield them from the intense sun and heat. While NASA has used Death ...

How long does it really take to reach Mars? This video explains the changing distance, precise launch windows, and the ...

SpaceX founder Elon Musk delivers an update on the company's plans to go to Mars at Starbase in Texas. The talk was recorded and posted to X, a social platform also owned by Musk, on May 29, 2025. In ...

At no other time in history have we had the technology, the know-how, and the public enthusiasm to get humans to Mars. Orion is NASA™s spaceship that will take humans into deep space, but it needs to ...

Musk wants to send the first uncrewed Starship to Mars by the end of 2026, followed by human spaceflights in the years after. The first humans on Mars would be tasked with laying the groundwork to ...

A Dutch company is hoping to send a select group of brave astronauts to Mars Mar. 28, 2013— -- A Dutch start-up named Mars One is hoping to send a select group of brave astronauts on a one-way ...

This week saw another dramatic test of SpaceX’s Starship, when the mighty rocket exploded once again, and both the upper and lower stages were lost. The test wasn’t a complete failure, as the upper ...

The SpaceX CEO outlined how he hopes to make space travel like air travel. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shared his vision for a future of commercial space travel with the latest updates on the company's new ...

A trip to Mars would be the adventure of a lifetime. Just ask the 78,000-plus people who signed up to move there, as part of Mars One’s hypothetical colonization project. But it would also be really, ...