An Air Force test pilot, a Space Force officer, and a Marine Corps F/A-18 pilot were named to the crew of a NASA Mars ...

A test pilot from Edwards Air Force base has been selected for a yearlong NASA Mars mission simulation to study long-term ...

Air Force Maj. Ross Elder will lead a 378-day NASA mission with three other crew members in a structure that simulates a base ...

Do we know what space actually smells like? And what about other planets, moons, and celestial bodies? Here's what the ...

Astronomers have struggled to explain why a long and thin cloud forms above Mars’s Arsia Mons volcano each year, until now ...

Cartoonist Zach Weinersmith and his wife Kelly, a parasitologist, publish 'A City on Mars', where they mock Elon Musk's ...

Simulations show how the low density on Mars affects lift, aiding in the design of small, flapping-wing exploration crafts.

Has NASA's Perseverance rover at long last found evidence that life did indeed once exist on Mars? Here's what we know.

HOUSTON—NASA has selected four crewmembers for its second 378-day simulation of living and working on the surface of Mars.

Mars is a planet filled with extreme phenomena, boasting towering volcanoes, vast canyons, and massive dust storms that can shroud the entire planet in a red haze for weeks. However, above its ...

Ross Elder, Ellen Ellis, Matthew Montgomery and James Spicer — will spend a year inside a Mars habitat in the NASA ...

Mars, for all its flaws — and there are many, including radiation, dust storms, and unbreathable air — is the only planet in our solar system that’s a candidate for settlement. Its day and night cycle ...