One part of this plan would require increasing the planet’s atmospheric pressure, and one scientist suggests that capturing ...

Trump aims to send a crew to Mars by the end of his term, which Musk calls 'doable.' Astronauts question the time frame but ...

If future Mars colonizers want to survive without pressure suits, they’ll need to generate a denser atmosphere. One way to ...

Elon Musk and Donald Trump have announced ambitious plans to send a mission to Mars in 2026 and 2028. It’s not going to ...

NASA administrator nominee Jared Isaacman believes the US can simultaneously handle missions to both the moon and Mars.

Elon Musk revealed his plan to send Tesla's Optimus robots to Mars. SpaceX's Starship rocket will carry the robots. The ...

Not all of it. Earlier this year, US president Donald Trump promised Congress that he would “lead humanity into space and plant the American flag on the planet Mars and even far beyond”. He’s wrong, ...

Musk, the billionaire owner of SpaceX who has controversially waded into U.S. politics, has said it’s possible to send a ...

Martian ionizing radiation is threatening to most forms of life because it can cause damage at the cellular level. It can ...

The findings suggests that long-term exposure to Martian dust could create a host of health problems for future astronauts—leading ... are present in only trace amounts in Mars dust. But the first ...

What can a NASA Mars rover teach us about the future development of astronaut spacesuits to Mars? This is what NASA’s Perseverance rover, which is currently exploring Jezero Crater on Mars, hopes to ...

Hellas Planitia (the lowlands of Mars), on the other hand, experiences a full 1.16 kPa, making it the most likely location of a future human colony. But because you need at least 6.25 kPa of ...